Friday 12 April 2013

Primitive Primate Found in Croydon



Think Croydon. Think riots, concrete, knife crime. Think Leona Lewis. Croydon doesn’t get a good press. Which is why the discovery of a unique, fossilised primate in said cement-fest is, I feel, worthy of a mention.

Fossilised teeth suggest the
Croydon primate ate fruit and insects
Last year, palaeontologist Jerry Hooker from London’s Natural History Museum, described the fossilised remains of primitive primate found in Park Hill, not far from Croydon’s IKEA. Now, to be fair, Croydon has its fair share of primitive primates, but this one was an altogether different beast, preferring as it did, fruit to Bacardi Breezers.