Amid Media Circus, Scientists Doubt 'Ida' Is Your Ancestor

LiveScience by Clara Moskowitz | May. 20, 2009 (News Report)

You know science has made it big when the Google homepage logo is changed to celebrate a fossil finding and the mayor of New York shows up at a press conference to unveil it.

A new 47-million year old primate fossil unveiled to the world Tuesday has made waves among scientists and non-scientists. Google responded by working an image of the fossil into the logo of its search page. Full Story »

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This could be one of the finds of the century or at least the year. A common primate ancestor to all primates.

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