Ida is the stunningly well-preserved fossil that has been hailed as "our connection with the rest of all the mammals."¹ A massive publicity campaign, including books, videos, a website, and public unveilings, coincided with the May 2009 publication of a scientific study conducted on the fossil.² But published statements from creation and evolutionary scientists alike indic

by Brian Thomas, M.S., and Frank Sherwin, M.A.*

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."