Fossils suggest early primates lived in a once-swampy Arctic
The animals probably moved north as the planet warmed, to a new habitat opening near the poles
![A wide photo of a valley on Ellesmere Island in Canada with mountains in the background.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/012423_fk_artic-primate_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Ellesmere Island in Canada was once home to warm, temperate swamps — and a small primate or close relative that lived millions of years ago.
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