Missing Link In Human Evolution?
Missing Link In Human Evolution (Part 1): Ida – Our Common Ancestor?
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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
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Scientists Discover ‘Missing Link’ In Human Evolution (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.
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47 MILLION-YEAR-OLD FOSSIL TOUTED AS ‘MISSING LINK’
Scientists believe they have found the “missing link,” an ancient primate fossil some 47 million years old which is thought to the common ancestor to all later monkeys, apes and humans.
The nearly perfect skeleton, classified as Darwinius masillae, was found in Germany. It’s a she, about the size of a small cat, with four legs and a long tail and lived for about 9 or 10 months.
The creature, which scientists nicknamed Ida after lead researcher Jorn Hurum’s 6-year-old daughter, is not a direct ancestor of monkeys and humans, but it provides a good indication of what such an ancestor may have looked like, researchers said.
• http://www.nypost.com/seven/05192009/…
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Is fossil Ida a missing link in evolution?
This 47m-year-old skeleton is one of the most significant primate fossil discoveries, hailed by some as ‘the missing link’ and by others, such as David Attenborough, as proof of evolution.
Fossil Ida – The missing link in Evolution:
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/200…
Sir David Attenborough David Attenborough on Ida:
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/vid…
The world of Ida:
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/200…
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Primate Fossil Could Be Key Link in Evolution
Scientists say a 47-million-year-old fossil found in Germany may be a key link to explain the evolution of early primates, and, ultimately, modern human beings. The fossil, of a young female that probably resembled a modern-day lemur, is described as “the most complete primate fossil ever found.” It is small — with a body about the size of a raccoon — but it has characteristics found in later primates and in humans.
It has, among other things, opposable thumbs, similar to humans’ and unlike those found on other modern mammals. It has fingernails instead of claws. And by examining the structure of its hind legs (one of which is partly missing), scientists say they can see evidence of evolutionary changes that would eventually lead to primates standing upright.
• http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/stor…
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Who is Ida?
Ida is a 47 million year old, perfectly preserved primate recovered from the Messel Pit in Germany.
Ida is the most complete early primate fossil ever found, and scientists believe that she could be one of our earliest ancestors. She is a remarkable link between the first primates and modern humans and despite having lived 47 million years ago, her features show striking similarities to our own.
For 150 years, scientists have debated the course of our evolutionary journey from tree-dwelling primate to modern Homo sapiens.
When Darwin put forward the theory of evolution in his book “On The Origin of Species”, he suggested that there were transitional species linking humans with the rest of animal life.
Since Darwin’s time, palaeontologists have made important discoveries of fossils that have begun to uncover our prehistoric ancestry. Best known of these fossils is Lucy, a hominid who lived around 3.2 million years ago at the time when our ancestors started walking upright. But before Lucy there are massive gaps in the fossil record, and scientists have only had fragments of fossils to study.
Scientists have long hoped that the Earth might eventually yield an even more ancient fossil that links apes, man and all other primates to the earliest mammals on the planet. Now Ida is rewriting the history of our earliest origins. She is the most complete primate fossil ever found and has proto-anthropoid features, placing her at the base of the anthropoid branch which leads to monkeys, apes, and humans. Here at last, 150 years after the publication of “On The Origin of Species”, we have the link that connects us directly with the rest of the animal kingdom.
• http://www.revealingthelink.com/who-is-ida/
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well said, my boy.
You can’t claim it …
You can’t claim it as a fact until it is 100% provable. This is a supposition, and a very likely one at that, but it is not evidence.
This is not the …
This is not the missing link from homo erectus to sapien… lol but i guess it is for another link
Its funny how the …
Its funny how the creationists, no matter how much proof will denounce science. They would rather believe in the biblicle fairy tales.
so what exactly is …
so what exactly is a “tail bone” for? and how did it get there lmao!
Thank you for being …
Thank you for being patient with me.
Thank you for your …
Thank you for your kind reply. I greatly appreciate it.
I have further …
I have further looked into it and you are right, there is a debate over whether or not it is really linked to anthropoids. I realized that actually typing in “Darwinius masillae” instead of Ida into google reveals a largely more abundant list of articles on the subject.
Actually, you are …
Actually, you are terribly wrong.
Please follow up with more current reseach. The placement of Ida is a subject of intense debate, and will continue to be so for many years.
What is clear, though, is that Jorn Hurum has created a hoax with his original publishings.
Actually, I’m not.
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Actually, I’m not.
“The fossil bridges the evolutionary split between higher primates such as monkeys, apes, and humans and their more distant relatives such as lemurs.”
-From an article on the National Geographic Website
nationalgeographic(dot)com/news/2009/05/090519-ida-primate-fossil-link(dot)html
The point I was trying to make was that although this creature is not a direct ancestor of ours, its relationship with us can be traced through the branches of the tree of life.
Actually, you …
Actually, you couldnt be more wrong.
This particular animal is not a “link” at all, but is at the “tip of a branch” that is a dead end.
ok, we’re all …
ok, we’re all related to all primates some way or another down the line. or so evolution demands. this primate fills in a gap farther down the line therefore is a missing link. people trying to denounce the fact that it is a missing link don’t know what they’re talking about. yes the people presenting the primate are milking it by saying that it is “our” missing link but it technically is. anyways, evolution is a fact and this is just another piece of evidence to even more legitimize it….
then its a double …
then its a double hoax
i never said she …
i never said she was i just said she was not lemur
way to side step …
way to side step dude.
The whole point is, ida is not a “missing link” of humanity in any way. They hoaxed the public for the “free” grant money!
well i don’t think …
well i don’t think we will agree my info came from other places and say she’s between monkeys and lemurs
I went ahead and …
I went ahead and sent you a link in private message.
Sorry dude, but they just did it for the “free” grant money
i will do some and …
i will do some and be ready to be proven (right or wrong)
Please do some …
Please do some research. Its an ancient lemur, but its just a lemur!
Even the people in this video admit it now!
no shes not she …
no shes not she does not have thing you need to call her a lemur and who debunked
Its just a lemur!
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Its just a lemur!
This was debunked long ago.
They pulled this hoax just to get “free” grant money!
huh that guy sounds …
huh that guy sounds norweagan where is he from?
Of course, after …
Of course, after this, creationists will be asking for another missing link. This is a missing link, but one of many missing links.
@4me2cclearly.
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@4me2cclearly.
reasonable explanations – in terms of what ?
Don’t you think there is a danger in accepting that which is understood by so few; especially when the “data” they are collecting is getting “out of hand”, if it is not indeed overwhelming for these “intelligent” few as it is ?
Is it likely that so-called “evolution”, from which we “survived” without “science”, is going to produce such a small number of individuals on whom the rest of us must rely, hysterically, for guidance ?
christmas is a …
christmas is a pagan ritual. christ wasnt born on dec’25th it doesnt even mention it in the bible. i just thought id bring it up randomly