Closeup of Ida

News Conference For The Global Unveiling Of "Ida"

NEW YORK - MAY 19: (L-R) Dr. Holly Smith, Dr. Jorn Hurum and Dr. Jens Franzen speak at the news conference for the global unveiling of "Ida," hosted by HISTORY, the University of Oslo and the Senckenberg Research Institute at the American Museum of Natural History on May 19, 2009 in New York City. "Ida" is a landmark 47 million-year-old primate fossil and subject of the History Channel special, The Link. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/image.net)

Images of the Primate Fossil Ida

News Conference For The Global Unveiling Of "Ida"
NEW YORK - MAY 19: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg attends the global unveiling of "Ida," hosted by HISTORY, the University of Oslo and the Senckenberg Research Institute at the American Museum of Natural History on May 19, 2009 in New York City. "Ida" is a landmark 47 million-year-old primate fossil and subject of the History Channel special, The Link. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/image.net)

Disney's Up

(L-R) Russell and Carl Fedricksen "©Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved." Up is in North American theaters May 29, 2009.

Disney's A Christmas Carol

"Jim Carrey stars as the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in Disney's A Christmas Carol, a multi-sensory film re-invisioned by Academy Award^R-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis. Capturing the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3D motion picture event, Disney's A Christmas Carol opens in theaters around the world in November 2009. Early footage from the film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2009." (c)Walt Disney Films.

The film is scheduled for a Nov. 6th release in the U.S.

Disney's Princess and the Frog

Princess Tiana "©Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved." The film is slated for a Nov. 25, 2009, release in LA and NY, with a wide release on Dec. 11.

Toy Story 3 D Image

"Toy Story In Disney Digital 3-D" (L-R) Buzz Lightyear, Woody "©Disney Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved." This re-release is slated to premiere in U.S. theaters on Oct. 2, 2009.

The Missing Link?

May 20, 2010
HISTORY SPECIAL DOCUMENTING DISCOVERY TO AIR MAY 25 AT 9PM ET/PT


HISTORY CHANNEL™, THE UNIVERSITY OF OSLO AND THE SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE REVEAL LANDMARK SCIENTIFIC FIND

47 Million Year Old Primate Fossil Set to Revolutionize Understanding of Human Evolution


HISTORY, together with the University of Oslo and the Senckenberg Research Institute, today reveal a landmark scientific find: the 47 million year old fossilized remains of a primate. The most complete fossil primate ever found, the young female specimen — known as "Ida" — is set to revolutionize our understanding of human evolution. Twenty times older than most fossils that explain human evolution, "Ida" is a transitional species showing characteristics from the very primitive non-human evolutionary line (prosimians, such as lemurs), but she is more related to the human evolutionary line (anthropoids, such as monkeys, apes and humans). This places Ida at the very root of anthropoid evolution — when primates were first developing the features that would evolve into our own. The scientists' findings are published today by PLoS One, the open source journal of the Public Library of Science.

The find is lauded as the most important scientific discovery of recent times. HISTORY will premiere the major television special —"THE LINK"— chronicling the discovery and study of the fossil. The two-hour program, produced by London-based Atlantic Productions, will air on HISTORY on Monday, May 25 at 9pm ET/PT. "THE LINK" is presented with limited commercials made possible by Ally Bank.

Source: Image Net.