Video Of The Week - Our Earliest Ancestor?

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Scientists believe that this skeleton of a 47 million-year-old primate could be a clue to what our ancestors may have looked like. The fossil, which has been nicknamed Ida, is not a recent discovery, but was found 26 years ago. However, she lay with a private collector until 2006, after which she was sold to a professor at the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum.

Scientists think that she may be related to humans because her ankle talus bone is similar to that of humans. She also has toes and nails, in lieu of claws. Ida is currently being displayed at New York's Natural Museum of History.

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22 Comments
  • jdoodles35
    jdoodles35over 6 years
    That is bizzarr!
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    • Zachalmost 7 years
      wow that is cool
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      • Snowover 7 years
        It's most likely that the fossil is that of a human and not of a primate. Humans have, and always will be humans.
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      • ceecee3
        ceecee3over 10 years
        SEE? I TOLD YOU I WAS A MONKEY!!!!!!!!!!
        Reply
        • headream100
          headream100over 11 years
          So you mean to say that our ancestors were bags of bones
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          • Gregalmost 12 years
            coool
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            • Isiahabout 12 years
              I love fossils
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              • halle over 13 years
                Cool!!!
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                • dino idaabout 14 years
                  ancestor..... honestly i dont believe it, so she has nails big deel....
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                  • princess lightingover 14 years
                    thats so cool
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                    Dolasia, Meera. “Video Of The Week - Our Earliest Ancestor?.” DOGOnews, DOGO Media, Inc., 08 Jun, 2009, www.dogonews.com/2009/6/8/video-of-the-week-our-earliest-ancestor. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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                    Dolasia, Meera. “Video Of The Week - Our Earliest Ancestor?.” DOGOnews, DOGO Media, Inc., 08 Jun, 2009, Web. 14 Jul. 2025.

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                    Dolasia, Meera. “Video Of The Week - Our Earliest Ancestor?.” DOGOnews. June 8, 2009. Accessed July 14, 2025. https://www.dogonews.com/2009/6/8/video-of-the-week-our-earliest-ancestor.

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                    Dolasia, M. (2009, June 8). Video Of The Week - Our Earliest Ancestor?. Retrieved 2025, July 14, from https://www.dogonews.com/2009/6/8/video-of-the-week-our-earliest-ancestor

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