Two small primates found

 Image courtesy of Nobu Tamura,  CC-BY 4.

Joel Kontinen 

According to evolution, the Arctic was a warm, swampy place during the Eocene. Yet two primates lived there.

They lived during the Eocene epoch (56 million to 33.9 million years ago,, and according to evolution, a  period of intense planetary warming. -

They were small, at 2 kilos pr 5 pounds each, genus Ignacius, and were given the names of I. dawsonae and I. mckennai . 

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 Duke,  Cameron. 2023. 52 million years ago, strange primates lived in complete darkness in the Arctic Live Science 26 January.