Scientists and media outlets around the world are praising "Ida," the primate fossil hailed as the long-sought-after "missing link" in the human evolutionary theory.

The Bible teaches, and the fossil record shows, that man and ape have always been separate. Evolutionary naturalists disagree and attempt to interpret shattered fossil remains of apes in a Darwinian context, producing questionable "missing links."
 

Frequently we see the statement that man is an advanced animal, implying he is higher on the evolutionary tree than the others. Let's examine this claim.