PETER STANDRING: an exceptional discover, without a doubt, but will they assist Jonathan re re solve this mystery that is primate? Are plesiadapiforms our earliest ancestors?
JONATHAN BLOCH: If we look right here, this nail-like framework allows you to think, since the existence of the nail is just a hallmark attribute of residing primates.
PETER STANDRING: that is an enlarged image for the extraordinary nail Jonathan discovered. Close to it, the claw he expected–a startling distinction.
JONATHAN BLOCH: This nail might be the very first nail in the annals of primate development.
PETER STANDRING: Concrete proof to guide their concept of primate development. Could there be much more concealed within these tiny bones?
To discover, Jonathan enlists the aid of Mary Silcox, evolutionary anthropologist in the University of Winnipeg. She is been busy zapping ancient skulls by having an industrial-strength pet scanner, big enough to fill a whole space. Mary takes the skull of just one of this limestone skeletons and makes it for scanning.
MARY T. SILCOX (University of Winnipeg) : The x-ray undergoes the specimen, and now we gather 2,400 split views, which make an image that is cross-sectional.