Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Meet Leakey Foundation grantee Dr. Marcelo Tejedor and learn about searching from Patagonia to the heart of the Amazon for the earliest fossil primates in South America.

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Creator, host, and producer: Arielle Johnson
Guest scientist: Dr. Marcelo Tejedor
Assistant producer: Meghan Khalsa
Graphics and editing: Eleanor Crookes
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