theory the evolution of species, which began 200 years ago Charles Darwin, would be completed with the discovery of a fossilized skeleton is 47 million years. A team of scientists from New York has presented Tuesday to the world the fossil of a monkey-lemur, the most primitive human ancestor yet found.
Experts, who have called the skeleton Ida, consider it the "eighth wonder of the world" and that this finding completes the search for a direct connection between humans and the rest of the animal that initiated Charles Darwin in his research on evolution.
In 2006, the skeleton fell into the hands of Hurum professor in the annual Fair Trade fossils and minerals of Hamburg (Germany). Seeing for the first time, Professor Hurum said that it was "the most beautiful fossil in the world" and could not sleep for two days.
Researchers have found that Ida was not simply a lemur, but a monkey-lemur, because it straddles both groups and also is in line to nearby humans. A mystery solved on the transition of species that Darwin would be very proud.
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