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Page last updated at 13:00 GMT, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 14:00 UK

'Stunning' fossil goes on display

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A 47-million-year-old fossil is on display for one day only at London's Natural History Museum.

The lemur-like creature, nicknamed Ida, is claimed to be a "missing link" between today's higher primates - monkeys, apes and humans - and more distant relatives.

But some independent experts are sceptical of the claim.

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