The Missing Link: Ida (darwinius masillae) – Our Common Ancestor?
Missing Link In Human Evolution (Part 1): Ida (darwinius masillae) – 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/news/worldnews/47_million_year_old_fossil_touted_as_mis_170030.htm
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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/2009/may/19/fossil-ida-missing-link
Sir David Attenborough David Attenborough on Ida:
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2009/may/19/ida-fossil-attenborough-missing-link
The world of Ida:
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/may/19/ida-fossil-messel-missing-link
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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/story?id=7603618&page=1
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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.
• http://www.revealingthelink.com/who-is-ida/
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your mother did!
your mother did!
oh, “a missing …
oh, “a missing evolutionary link between two primate families, including the one that eventually produced human beings”
“Scientists are quick to point out that Ida does not neccesarily represent the so called missing link”
Bring on the scholars of the World to study and maybe endorse you guys.. snap to it !
@amaxamon
Well I …
@amaxamon
Well I don’t know anything about that or who Dan Brown is, what I do know is that one day we will be held accountable for what we do now and here. Believe what you want but don’t judge me for what I choose to believe.
the press made such …
the press made such a hash of this – makes me angry – PZ Myers wrote a lot of corrective blog posts on Ida but the damage has been done… wish SJ Gould were around to rein in this circus…
@RocknRusty they …
@RocknRusty they HAVE, but they are covered up by the Vatican – Dan Brown’s writing a novel about it…
0:25 sounds like …
0:25 sounds like Bruno
Apes have been …
Apes have been giving birth for centuries how come they haven’t given birth to a Human Child?
@ …
@Lastindependentthink The out of Afrika is about our most recent evolution.
So what does this …
So what does this mean for out of africa theory? I have been following stuff like this for most of my life, I watched a doco about how they found a salamander skull in siberia which was older than this. imo humans had to have come from many different parts of the world.. not one place..
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@godskidable haha, …
@godskidable haha, u parens maded u dickhead not god. yes i can have u gife u comment what have i knock u complete down.
You know people, …
You know people, you can be religious and believe in evolution at the same time. The characters Adam and Eve are merely parables, they’re not actually real people, but just characters to show that greed is bad (listening Madoff? oops no, you’re in jail you scumbag).
In my opinion anyone who denies evolution are blind to reality. You can see evolution everywhere you go.
This has already …
This has already been proven to be a hoax put out to get “free money” grants.
Its just a lemur!
Christianity should …
Christianity should be treated like a mental disorder.
Indeed. Finding a ” …
Indeed. Finding a “missing link” does not prove evolution. It only fills gaps in the evolutionary web. There are enough fossils, and DNA evidence to prove man is connected to apes in the evolutionary web. Evolution is already proven.
But I guess this missing link hysteria creates publicity.
And an ape is who’s …
And an ape is who’s the Moron.????? LOL!!!!! God is Love. He made me.
the chicken was not …
the chicken was not your aunt, u moron.
according to evolution the chicken be a ridiculously far far far far away cousin to human.
i don’t remeber who …
i don’t remeber who called Ida the final proof of evolution. besides evolution is proven from the genome project, embryology study of various animals and you will come to the natural conclusion that evolution is true. if you don’t have the time to study biology, paleontology, embryology then ofcourse you don’t have the tools understand evolution. once you don’t understand evolution it doesn’t matter what you think about evolution
I’ll credit MSN for …
I’ll credit MSN for at least showing this was the B.S. I knew it was, was false. Usually, we never see the “retraction” in the media. Just AMAZING how evolutionists jumped on this and IMMEDIATLY called it the final proof of Evolution. And for the 1,000th + time. AGAIN proven false.
We now know why he …
We now know why he could not sleep … it was a complete hoax.
Google:
‘Eighth wonder’ Ida is not related to humans, claim scientists, guardian
Your just ignorant, …
Your just ignorant, Evolution is the only logical way of expliaining how we got to where we are today, we don’t know everything. It doesn’t come in a fucken book like the bible does. Not everything is fucken religion.
It’s either Ida the …
It’s either Ida the Missing Link, or a mutated dog…
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Interesting…
Interesting…
Baby birds grow to …
Baby birds grow to full grown birds, Bear cubs to adult bears, kittens to cats. Evolution is nothing but a lie. People want it so they don’t have to be held accountable to any moral standard. Don’t be fooled. If you look at something hard enough, long enough, and tell lies enough times, you will believe it to be true even when it is a lie and there is no no proof. That is a fact. Look at Ida long enough and it will become Barney the purple dinosaur’s baby.