The Arctic was significantly warmer during that time. But creatures still had to adapt to extreme conditions such as long winter months without sunlight. These challenges make the presence of primate-like creatures in the Arctic “incredibly surprising,” says coauthor Chris Beard, a paleontologist at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. “No other primate or primate relative has ever been found this far north so far.
that largely fed on fruit . To this day, most primates — humans and few other outliers like Japan’s snow monkeys excepted — tend to stick to tropical and subtropical forests, largely found around the equator. Scientists have long debated whether this lineage can be considered true primates or whether they were simply close relatives. Regardless, it’s still “really weird and unexpected” to find primates or their relatives in the area, says Mary Silcox, a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Toronto Scarborough.
had unusually strong jaws and teeth suited to eating hard foods, the researchers found. This may have helped these early primates feed on nuts and seeds over the winter, when fruit wasn’t as readily available.
OMG the Earth was once warmer and species managed to survive and thrive. Maybe we aren't doomed?
Proof that climate change is a natural cyclical process present on earth from day one. The lie that humans are causing climate change is idiotic. George Carlin the comedian said it best in his video skit about the Environment. I hope you see it. It is very educational and funny
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What!!!! The poles were swamps, and life adapted?
Looks like we are going to have to adapt to this again.
No way!
The earths climate has been changing since it’s creation. It is not surprising to find tropical fossils in the Arctic or sea fossils in the desert. The earth warms some areas while cooling others the way farmers rotate their crops. 200 million years of history can’t be wrong.
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Of course they did, Gaia has been our home forever. Only the season changes
Evidence shows the far north was at one time a warm place by todays standards. But go back even further in time it was a very warm place where man was present.
Now they lice in Washington DC
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Oh my god, climate warming and nobody to tax, oh the horror.
Now you've done it.
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