Primates evolved in Africa - so how did monkeys get all the way to South America? To make things even more intriguing, a fossil an extinct ancestor of modern monkeys has now been found in the New World.

ANDREW HOLMES is a paleoanthropologist & PhD candidate at the University of Toronto - studying the evolutionary history of ancient apes. He returns to Evolution Soup to talk with MARK about monkeys of the Old & New Worlds, and their astounding transatlantic journeys. (Fully illustrated interview)

LINK to oriiginal video interview: https://bit.ly/3mMpAIk

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Ancient Apes & Monkeys: https://youtu.be/C6jHcqXYgiM

Gigantopithecus - the Biggest Ape That Ever Lived: https://youtu.be/qfIbqfC4VHM


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