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NEW MACAQUE REMAINS ABOUT 2,5 MILLION YEARS OLD TO FULFIL A GAP IN THE FOSSIL RECORD HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED

The discovery is the result of the research of an international team composed by specialists from IPHES-CERCA, URV, University Mohammed Premier of Oujda and INSAP.

The fossils studied in this research consist of six cercopithecid teeth. According to their morphology, teeth were assigned to the Macaca genus. Based on the size of the teeth, researchers estimated that these macaques weighed approximately 12 kilos.