Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-04 | Page 22 | Bones 90,000,000 Years Old Found in Wyoming

Bones Years Old Found in n Wyoming RAPID JD Crr CITY S.- S. S.D. S.-D. D. D Sept Sepi 4 UlDis UP Ul- Ul Dis Discovery of ot bones of the earliest primates near Powell ow II Wyo which may nay prove a pertinent pertinent- factor in the II study of evolution was wa-s disclosed here today today by by Dr Glen Glen Jepsen professor professor professor pro pro- fessor of geology geology- at Princeton university uni uni- Dr Jepsen son of a Rapid City business man said the find was m made by a group of Princeton university university university uni uni- geologists in the the Fort Fort Union formation near Powell He estimated estimated esti esti- mated the bones were I years old I ISome Some jaws t and jand a a. a apart p part rt of a a. skull of the earliest primate of at the order to o Which monkeys apes and man belong and which and which may be ancestral to o man himself were were found Dr D. Jep Jepsen en said ald These types are arc closely i related to living lemurs small nocturnal mammals ls which I live in Mad Madagascar gascar and parts of Asia are and also animal al I whose fragmentary ry remains remains- the I American Museum of ot Natural History History History His His- tory exp unearthed Mel edition unearthed near Mel Mel- ville yule Mont Dr Jepsen came cam here en r route ute to I Bridgeport Neb Net to study geol geological gi- gi cal deposits deposits' there The group which made the Powell find consisted of Penn B. Penn Holsapple and Normal Donald sen sen- seniors seniors lore at Princeton and Tom Galla- Galla Gallatin Gallatin Gallatin tin junior at the s same same me university Gallati and Donald are are in Montana and where where th they y yarE are o owners ners of large of-large large ra ranchos ranches h s