Researchers agree that our immediate ancestors, the upright walking apes, arose in Africa. But the discovery of a new primate that lived about 37 million years ago in the ancient swamplands of Myanmar bolsters the idea that the deep primate family tree that gave rise to humans is rooted in Asia. If true, the discovery suggests that the ancestors of all monkeys, apes, and humans--known as the anthropoids--arose in Asia and made the arduous journey to the island continent of Africa almost 40 million years ago.
MORE: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/06/an-asian-origin-for-human-ancest.html?ref=em
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Fossil Discovery: More Evidence for Asia, Not Africa, as the Source of Earliest Anthropoid Primates
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604155705.htm
Expanding the Genetic Alphabet May Be Easier Than Previously Thought
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120603191722.htm
Americans' heads have been growing, scientists say
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/05/our-heads-may-be-getting-bigger-literally/?hpt=hp_bn12
