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Spider monkey sacrificed 1,700 years ago in Mexico earliest sign of primate captivity and Mayan gift diplomacy

Spider monkeys were considered an exotic curiosity in pre-Hispanic Mexico.

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Complete skeletal remains of a 1,700 year-old female spider monkey found in Teotihuacán, Mexico. Credit: Nawa Sugiyama, UC Riverside.