Fossil Find Puts a Face on Early Primates A good bit of evolutionary data linking the last common ancestor of apes and monkeys - as well as what this ancestor may have looked like and when the two lineages went their separate ways. What I liked about this was where it was found: KSA. Who funded the research: UofM and the Saudi Geological Survey and NSF. Published in Nature. It seems like a good sign IF the KSA is supporting research into evolution. If so, then that's great.