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The Missing link?: Scientists unveil lemur-like fossil at New York’s American Museum of Natural History
May 20, 2009 by NetCrunch
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Say hello to “Aunt Ida”- you’ll find her 47million years back on your family tree.
The lemur-like fossil, thought to be a missing link between today’s primates and distant relatives, is on show at New York’s American Museum of Natural History after being launched amid great fanfare by the city’s mayor.
The skeleton is so good that it still has an outline of fur and there are traces of its last meal.
The female animal lived during the Eocene Period, when early primates developed.
