Wednesday 20 May 2009

New primate fossil discovered

Called `Ida', it was discovered in the messel pit near darmstadt,northern germany,where lots of fossils have been discovered.

The 47 million year old fossil was unveiled at the American Museum of Natural History in new york behind a glass box.

Her skeleton is 95%, 53cm long in length, has individual hairs and she had remains of her last meal, a vegetarian snack.

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