Ida, our 47-million-year-old relative
China Daily | Updated: 2009-05-21 08:26
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Dr Jorn Hurum of the University of Oslo speaks next to a slide of a 47-million-year-old primate fossil at the Museum of Natural History in New York on Tuesday. Reuters |
NEW YORK: Scientists on Tuesday unveiled the well-preserved fossilized remains found in Germany of a primate from 47 million years ago that may have been a close relative of the common ancestor of monkeys, apes and people.
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