Respect!

Meanwhile, PZ blogs about the relevance and importance of the find and takes exception to the Darwinius Masillae being reported as the ‘missing’ link. Read more here. The original article (below) has some great pictures and makes a good read too.

Franzen JL, Gingerich PD, Habersetzer J, Hurum JH, von Koenigswald W, Smith BH (2009) Complete Primate Skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology. PLoS ONE 4(5): e5723. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005723.