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Fossil of one-million-year-old monkey identified

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Melbourne: An international team of scientists has dated a species of a rare monkey — roughly the size of a small cat who lived largely on a diet of fruit and leaves — from the Caribbean region to just over one million-year old.

According to lead researcher Dr Helen Green from Melbourne University, the question of the age of primate fossils from this region has puzzled scientists since the days of famed naturalist Charles Darwin and biologist Alfred Russel Wallace.

“The presence of endemic new world monkeys on the Caribbean islands is one the great questions of bio-geography. By establishing the age of these fossils, we have changed the understanding of primate evolution in this region,” Dr Green said.

The discovery was made after the researchers recovered a fossil tibia (shin bone) belonging to the species of extinct monkey Antillothrix bernensis from an underwater cave in Altagracia Province in Dominican Republic.

The fossil was embedded in a limestone rock that was dated using the Uranium-series technique.

The team used 3D methods to confirm that the fossil tibia does indeed belong to Antillothrix bernensis – a primate that we now know existed on Hispaniola (located in the Caribbean island group called the Greater Antilles) relatively unchanged for over a million years.

This helped them to reconstruct how the small primate might have moved about in its environment and allowed the comparison of relatively young examples of Antillothrix bones to the newly discovered million year old specimens.

“Very little was known about the native monkey from this island,” added Dr Siobhan Cooke from Northeastern Illinois University.

The paper was published in the Journal of Human Evolution.

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Apple is giving a huge discount on its gadgets: Details inside

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If you want to buy an iPhone and were waiting for a nice offer, then we have a piece of good news for you! Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 has begun and they are offering major discounts on various smartphones, laptops, and smart TVs, among others.

The sale is live now on the e-commerce platform with no-cost EMI options and exchange discounts on various products. In addition to this, Amazon has also partnered with several banks including ICICI, Kotak Bank, and RBL so that customers get instant discounts of up to 10% using their cards and EMI transactions.

Customers can easily enjoy this summer sale and get massive discounts on iPhones. They can also compare prices on Flipkart Big Saving Days Sale 2022 before making a purchase.

 

Amazon Summer Sale May 2022: Discount offer on iPhone 13 

Apple’s coveted phone model iPhone 13 in the 128 GB storage model will be available during the Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 for Rs 64,900. The MRP of the phone is Rs 79,900. This means that the customers will be able to enjoy a discount of up to Rs 15,000 on the purchase of the iPhone 13.

If you have an old iPhone in working condition then you will also be eligible to receive another additional discount worth up to Rs 17,000 on the iPhone 13.

Buy at Rs. 64,900 (MRP – Rs. 79,900)

Features of Apple iPhone 13 

The iPhone is powered by an A15 Bionic processor with 6 core CPU. Apart from this, it has 16 core neural engines. With the iPhone 13, up to 512 GB of storage will be available. The iPhone 13 has a 6.1-inch Retina XDR display with 1000 nits brightness.

The iPhone 13 has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera setup. This time a new wide-angle camera has been given, whose aperture is f/1.6. With this, there is support for sensor optical stabilisation. Night mode has been made better than before. The second lens is also 12 megapixels ultra-wide and has an aperture of f/2.4.

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