Originally promoted as the stem of the primate family tree, it now appears that Darwinius masillae — better known as “Ida,” the fossil that “changes everything” — belonged to a fringe ...

The restored lower jaw of Afradapis. From the Nature paper. This past May a 47 million year old fossil primate named Darwinius masillae, better known as “Ida“, burst onto the public scene. The ...

A detailed primate family tree with Afradapis and Darwinius underlined in red. ... Darwinius masillae is a strepsirrhine-a reply to Franzen et al. (2009). Journal of human evolution PMID: ...

Other researchers argue that Darwinius is more likely a strepsirrhine, meaning it belongs to the opposite branch of the primate family tree, closer to lemurs and lorises.

Other researchers argue that Darwinius is more likely a strepsirrhine, meaning it belongs to the opposite branch of the primate family tree, closer to lemurs and lorises.

This article was originally published with the title “ Weak Link: Fossil Darwinius Has Its 15 Minutes ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 301 No. 2 (August 2009) doi:10.1038 ...

This week news services were all a-twitter about a 47-million-year-old fossil primate from the famous Messel deposits of Germany. Named Darwinius masillae and described in the journal PLoS One ...

Darwinius and other adapiforms are found on the other side of the tree, in blue, closest to lemurs and lorises. From Williams et al., 2010. Then Ida crashed the party.

Among them were 24 adapids, including Darwinius, Afradapis and eight other that had not been previously analysed. This comprehensive set of data revealed the group's family tree, charting their ...

COMPLETE The near-complete fossilized skeleton of 47-million-year-old Ida, Darwinius masillae, offers a rare glimpse of early primate life. Franzen et al., PLoS ONE 2009 ...

The team that originally discovered Darwinius argued the 47-million-year-old fossil was more closely related to haplorrhines, the group that includes anthropoids (monkeys, apes, and humans) and ...