A New Species of Monkey Has Been Found Living in Africa
In the science news this week, a new species of monkey has been discovered living in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the oldest amber ever found preserved in the fossil record has been unearthed, a nearby rocky exoplanet has been confirmed to possess an atmosphere, and much more! ⭐ Support us on Patreon for 7DoS and Ben G Thomas behind-the-scenes, bloopers, extra adventures and more! Join our Patreon: / 7daysofscience 📰 Subscribe for the latest science news every Wednesday! Cool Vibes - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ 📱 Social Media: ►Instagram: / 7daysofscience ►TikTok: / bengthomas 📜 Credits: Presented by Ben G Thomas Written by Ben Thomas, Douglas James and Nicky Thomas 7 Days of Science is produced by Douglas James and Ben Thomas 7 Days of Science logo, graphics and more have been designed by Michael Buhler Sources: New species of living monkey discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art... Liopleurodon size paper - mention https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/... Oldest amber ever found in the fossil record: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... https://www.sci.news/paleontology/huj... Diminutive new sauropod Ceratocaudia antiqua from India: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/... The impactor that killed the dinosaurs was a super-rare type of asteroid: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... Microplastics in deep-sea hydrothermal vents: https://phys.org/news/2026-07-micropl... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... KPg extinction event meteorite material studied: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... https://science.ubc.ca/news/2026-07/r... https://www.sci.news/space/chicxulub-... Helium escaping on an exoplanet: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... https://carnegiescience.edu/detected-... Hayabusa-2 takes picture of another asteroid: https://www.sci.news/space/hayabusa-2... Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:32 - New species of monkey 1:51 - The true size of Liopleurodon 2:54 - Oldest amber ever found 4:23 - Diminutive new sauropod 5:44 - Microplastics in deep-sea hydrothermal vents 7:09 - The KPg impactor was a rare type of meteorite 8:25 - Helium escaping on an exoplanet 9:45 - Hayabusa-2 takes a picture of another asteroid 11:02 - Outro
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