Question

The site where the earliest known monkeylike haplorrhine fossils were found is called the __________ depression.

Answer 1

The answer is the Fayum Depression in Egypt. This region has yielded fossils for at least 17 genera of fossil primates over the last 90 years. These fossils are between 28 to 37 million years in age, and the record indicates that there was a diverse range of anthropoid primates that lived in this area during this time.