Artist’s reconstruction of Ignatius Dawson surviving six months of winter darkness in the extinct warm temperate ecosystem of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Credit: Kristen Miller, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas
The fossils were found on Ellesmere Island, located in Nunavut, Canada, within sedimentary layers associated with the early Eocene epoch, potentially providing insight into how ecosystems may evolve in the years to come.
Researchers at the University of Kansas have identified two sister First Primate Relatives Discovered in the High Arctic of Ancient Canada.
Reference: “Basal Primatomorpha colonized Ellesmere Island (Arctic Canada) during the hyperthermal conditions of the early Eocene climatic optimum” by Kristen Miller, Kristen Tietjen and K. Christopher Beard, 25 January 2023, PLOS ONE.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280114
