Homunculus (Latin: [hɔˈmʊŋkʊlʊs]; "little person") is an extinct genus of New World monkey that lived in Patagonia during the Miocene. Two species are known: Homunculus patagonicus [3] …

Oct 2, 2024 · By studying rare fossils of jaws and other skull parts of a long-extinct Caribbean monkey, a team of researchers that includes a Johns Hopkins Medicine professor says it has …

The monkey travels quickly, swinging between tree branches as it goes. Scientists have a good idea of how Homunculus got around thanks to a new fossil analysis of its ear canals and those …

Only one other species of extinct South American monkey, Homunculus patagonicus (a long extinct animal that lived in Patagonia), is known for a comparably large sample of fossils.

Homunculus patagonicus is an unusual primate from the Miocene epoch (~17 million years old) of extreme southern Argentina. The first associated cranium and mandible of this species will …

Popularized in 16th-century alchemy and 19th-century fiction, it has historically referred to the creation of a miniature, fully formed human. The concept has roots in preformationism as well …

Homunculus is an extinct genus of New World monkey that lived in Patagonia during the Miocene. Two species are known: Homunculus patagonicus [2] [3] [4] and Homunculus vizcainoi, which …

The titis, or titi monkeys, are New World monkeys of the subfamily Callicebinae, which contains three extant genera: Cheracebus, Callicebus, and Plecturocebus.[1][2] This subfamily also …

Oct 9, 2024 · By studying rare fossils of jaws and other skull parts of a long-extinct Caribbean monkey, a team of researchers that includes a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine …

The primatologist Hans Bluntschli, M.D. (1877-1962) published several papers on variations in the circulatory system of man and other primates, a description of the fossil New World monkey …