Atlantic Productions

The Link is a major new documentary film about the incredibly complete, 47 million year old primate fossil discovery 'Ida'. With exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the expert scientific team studying this new ancient primate species, the film provides an insight into the significance of this amazing find and its implications for understanding evolution.

The film will be screened in the US by History on Monday May 25th, 2009 at 9pm ET/PT. It will be shown in the UK on BBC One on Tuesday May 26th at 9pm. The film is also being shown by ZDF in Germany and NRK in Norway.

In an unprecedented multimedia project, the scientific publication is also accompanied by a major book, The Link, written by award-winning science writer Colin Tudge, published in the US and UK by Little Brown on Wednesday May 20th. A content-rich website, with exclusive video content and interactive images of the fossil, has also been launched at: www.revealingthelink.com

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