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Science 25 January 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5555, pp. 613 - 615
DOI: 10.1126/science.295.5555.613
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PRIMATE ORIGINS MEETING:
New Fossils and a Glimpse of Evolution

Anne Simon Moffat

CHICAGO--In an all-too-rare occurrence, paleontologists and molecular biologists met here 13 to 15 December 2001 to share their data and their often very different perspectives. The gathering, the "First-Ever International Conference on Primate Origins and Adaptations: A Multidisciplinary Perspective," was organized by the Field Museum and Northwestern University. Hot topics included descriptions of six exceptionally well-preserved fossils of archaic primates and of how primates evolved color vision.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)