Is the Ida fossil the missing link?
Is the Ida fossil the missing link? On May 19, 2009, researchers held a press conference at the American Museum of Natural History. From behind a podium bearing the slogan “The Link: This Changes Everything,” speakers talked about a fossil known as Ida. The fossil, they explained, was an amazing find that would change our understanding of evolution. In video clips released as part of the media package, Richard Attenborough said, “Now people can say, ‘You say we’re primates, like monkeys and apes, and that we came from very simple, generalized mammals. Show us the link.’ The link … until now, is missing. Well, it is no longer missing.” Within hours, the mainstream media and the blogosphere were abuzz with the news about Ida (pronounced EE-dah). “Scienti
On May 19, 2009, researchers held a press conference at the American Museum of Natural History. From behind a podium bearing the slogan “The Link: This Changes Everything,” speakers talked about a fossil known as Ida. The fossil, they explained, was an amazing find that would change our understanding of evolution. In video clips released as part of the media package, Richard Attenborough said, “Now people can say, ‘You say we’re primates, like monkeys and apes, and that we came from very simple, generalized mammals. Show us the link.’ The link … until now, is missing. Well, it is no longer missing.” Within hours, the mainstream media and the blogosphere were abuzz with the news about Ida (pronounced EE-dah). “Scientists find the missing link,” declared
