The 47 million year old fossil primate, Darwinius masillae was uncovered at Messel Pit in Germany.
‘Ida’ is considered to be a transitional fossil or ‘missing link’ between early primates and monkeys, apes and humans.
The idea of ‘missing links’ fascinated me at quite a young age, though I didn’t grasp the idea of evolution until later on. Having said that, I don’t recall at any time accepting the Adam and Eve story as a satisfactory answer to human origins.
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