47-million-year-old human link revealed
19:16, 20 May 2009
BEIJING. May 20. KAZINFORM New York Scientists have unveiled the skeleton of what they said could be the common ancestor to primates including humans; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
Scientists say the fossil, dubbed "Ida," is a transitional species, living around the time the primate lineage split into two groups: A line that would eventually produce humans, primates and monkeys, and another that would give rise to lemurs and other primates; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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