The Missing Link

This article was found in yesterdays NY Post on page 25. When IDA was originally found, she was thought to be the link that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of monkeys, apes and humans. A new analysis of this skeletal remains does not support this finding. The fact is, IDA is as far removed from the monkey-ape-human ancestry as a primate could be. So says experts at Stony Brook University on Long Island. Professors there compared specific anatomical features of the 117 living and extinct primate species to draw a family tree. IDA represented a previously unknown primate species called Darwinius. While scientist said they weren't claiming Darwinius was a direct ancestor to monkeys, apes and humans, they did argue that it belongs in the same evolutionary grouping and that is showed what an actual ancestor of that era would look like. The new analysis suggests Darwinius does NOT belong in the same primate category as monkeys, apes and humans, but instead falls into another major grouping which includes lemurs. So as it turns out, the only thing missing from the original story were the facts. The story had more hot air then the balloon boy. Of course a book and TV documentary had already been produced about “Ida”, the so-called link. Now all they have to do is publish a book and do a documentary correcting the whole damn story. Don’t hold your breath.