Unusual Discovery of New African Monkey Species

rhettb writes "In a remote and largely unexplored rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, researchers have made an astounding discovery: a new monkey species. The new primate, which is name the lesula and described in a paper in the journal PLoS ONE, was first noticed by scientist and explorer John Hart in 2007. The discovery of a new primate species is rare nowadays. In fact, the lesula is only the second newly discovered monkey in Africa in the past 28 years."

Re:I'd take it with a pinch of salt...

[Anonymous Coward]

Had you read TFA, you would've learned that they have done genetic testing and confirmed the species' distinctiveness from its closest relative.

Hooray for PLoS ONE!

[damn_registrars]

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