An artist’s impression of Ekgmowechashala, an ancient North American primate. Illustration: Kristen Tietjen, scientific illustrator with the KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum ...

The fossils closely resembled the Ekgmowechashala material that had been found in North America in the 1960s, when the primate was still quite mysterious to North American paleontologists.

The story of Ekgmowechashala, the final primate to inhabit North America before Homo sapiens or Clovis people, reads like a spaghetti western: A grizzled and mysterious loner, against the odds, ekes ...

Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of the enigmatic North American primate Ekgmowechashala illuminated by new fossils from Nebraska (USA) and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China).

Learn more about the discovery of a giant possum in Big Bend National Park and how it’s connected to early primate evolution.

Ekgmowechashala is a species found to have bridged the gap between North American primates that vanished during a massive cooling event 34 million years ago and the arrival of the Clovis people, ...

According to April Stewart, the plans for the primate sanctuary came at a dark time in her life. After serving with security forces in the Air Force, she worked as a radiographer for Memorial ...

Fossils tell tale of last primate to inhabit North America before humans . University of Kansas. Journal Journal of Human Evolution DOI 10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103452 ...

The North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance (NAPSA) led Chimpanzees In Need in finding sanctuaries for the displaced chimps. Cayleb was “a bit nervous” when he came to Save the Chimps, but ...

The Gulf Coast Primate Sanctuary is not yet a member of the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries or the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance, but Stewart says she is working towards that ...

The story of Ekgmowechashala, the final primate to inhabit North America before Homo sapiens or Clovis people, reads like a spaghetti Western: A grizzled and mysterious loner, against the odds ...

The North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance ... In the late 2010s, ownership of MPF's seven primates, including Tonka, was transferred from Connie Casey to Tonia Haddix, ...