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Humans and other primates are outliers among mammals for having nails instead of claws. Now, the discovery of fossil grooming claws in ancient primates adds a major plot twist in the story of our earliest ancestors’ claw-to-nail transition. #evolution #primates #fossils #NSFfunded Primates, Mammals, Scratcher, Plot Twist, Research Projects, Fossils, Claws, Grooming, Discovery

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Humans and other primates are outliers among mammals for having nails instead of claws. Now, the discovery of fossil grooming claws in ancient primates adds a major plot twist i…
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Humans and other primates are outliers among mammals for having nails instead of claws. Now, the discovery of fossil grooming claws in ancient primates adds a major plot twist in the story of our earliest ancestors’ claw-to-nail transition. #evolution #primates #fossils #NSFfunded

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Humans and other primates are outliers among mammals for having nails instead of claws. Now, the discovery of fossil grooming claws in ancient primates adds a major plot twist in the story of our earliest ancestors’ claw-to-nail transition. #evolution #primates #fossils #NSFfunded

Find this Pin and more on Florida Museum: Research by Florida Museum.

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