The Missing Link (2): Most Complete Fossil In Primate Evolution
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- Missing Link In Human Evolution (Part 2): Most Complete Fossil In Primate Evolution Revealed. --- Subscribe to Science & Reason: • http://www.youtube.com/Best0fScience • http://www.youtube.com/SagansCosmos • http://www.youtube.com/FFreeThinker --- Official Press Release (PDF): • http://www.revealingthelink.com/more-about-ida/resources/press_release.pdf Scientific Publication: • http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005723 -------------------------------------------- Scientists Discover 'Missing Link' In Human Evolution (Source: Sky News, May 19, 2009) Scientists say they have found a primate fossil that shows our connection with other mammals and our earliest human ancestor. These pictures are from the programme "The Link" by Atlantic Productions. -------------------------------------------- Scientists hail stunning fossil By Christine McGourty Science correspondent, BBC News The beautifully preserved remains of a 47-million-year-old, lemur-like creature have been unveiled in the US. Christine McGourty takes a look at the beautifully preserved primate fossil. The preservation is so good, it is possible to see the outline of its fur and even traces of its last meal. The fossil, nicknamed Ida, is claimed to be a "missing link" between today's higher primates - monkeys, apes and humans - and more distant relatives. But some independent experts, awaiting an opportunity to see the new fossil, are sceptical of the claim. And they have been critical of the hype surrounding the presentation of Ida. The fossil was launched amid great fanfare at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, by the city's mayor. Although details of the fossil have only just been published in a scientific journal - PLoS One - there is already a TV documentary and book tie-in. She belongs to the group from which higher primates and human beings developed but my impression is she is not on the direct line Dr Jens Franzen Ida was discovered in the 1980s in a fossil treasure-trove called Messel Pit, near Darmstadt in Germany. For much
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