By Matt Borths, Curator of the Duke Lemur Center’s Division of Fossil Primates. Happy #FossilFriday! Check out the jaw of Coryphodon (meaning “peaked tooth”)! This buffalo-sized behemoth walked beneath the trees that lemur and monkey relatives called home in ancient, jungle-y Wyoming 55 million years ago. Coryphodon was one of the largest mammals ever up to its […]
By Robin Smith. February 13, 2019. DURHAM, N.C. — Lemurs and killer whales have more in common than you might think. Sure, one prefers bananas and the other fish. And while lemurs are cat-sized, killer whales can grow to nearly the size of a bus. But both creatures can form friendships, solve puzzles and live […]
By Matt Borths, Curator of the Duke Lemur Center’s Division of Fossil Primates. Many of our lemurs love the chance to savor a chunk of ripe fruit, and you probably love a crispy apple or juicy strawberry when you can find one. Loving fruit is something that unites us as primates, and the fossil record of […]
By Matt Borths, Curator of the Duke Lemur Center’s Division of Fossil Primates. Meet Archaeolemur, a baboon-sized giant lemur that went extinct in Madagascar between 1,000 and 300 years ago! The fossils of giant lemurs are often found in caves. On the right is the upper leg bone of this Archaelemur as it was found in […]
