This is fascinating. Fundies want to know where the missing links are, well here is the evidence. Of course they will probably say it’s a trick planted by Satan. 
Scientists have discovered an exquisitely preserved ancient primate fossil that they believe forms a crucial “missing link” between our own evolutionary branch of life and the rest of the animal kingdom.
The 47m-year-old primate – named Ida – has been hailed as the fossil equivalent of a “Rosetta Stone” for understanding the critical early stages of primate evolution.
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That is great! I need to try to find more video's about this, I don't have cable TV. :(
I was disappointed to learn that the notion of "the missing link" might be a little overstated in this particular instance.
According to PZ Myers, though it's an awesome discovery, the fossil is so old that "she's also a missing link in chimp evolution, or rhesus monkey evolution. She's got wider significance than just her relationship to our narrow line."
Still cool, though!
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