Exclusive access behind the scenes with the top scientists studying the 47 million year old fossil 'Ida', from the new ancient primate species 'Darwinius masillae'. This film explains the unprecedented importance of this 95% complete fossil primate and its significance for humankind. For more information vist: www.revealingthelink.com
"Primate fossil 'not an ancestor'" (BBC, October, 21 2009)
"Dr Erik Seiffert says that Ida belonged to a group more closely linked to lemurs than to monkeys, apes or us... [Dr Seiffert continues] "They are more closely related to lemurs and lorises than they are to tarsirs or monkeys, apes and humans. This study would effectively REMOVE Ida from our ancestry."
See: "Convergent evolution of anthropoid-like adaptations in Eocene adapiform primates" (Nature)
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