Purgatorius sp. prehistoric mammal, computer illustration. This extinct mammal is thought to be the earliest example of a primate or proto-primate. It

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Purgatorius sp. prehistoric mammal, computer illustration. This extinct mammal is thought to be the earliest example of a primate or proto-primate. It lived during the Palaeocene epoch (around 66 to 56 million years ago) in what is now North America.

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Photo credit: © FRIEDRICH SAURER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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