Ancient Fossil Makes Public Debut

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Are you compelled to make new discoveries? If you could search for something completely new—animals, stars, a cure for a major disease—what would you want to discover, and how would you do it?

Photo of 47 million-year-old primate fossil "Ida," at her global unveiling at the American Museum of Natural History on May 19, 2009, in New York City. (Andrew H. Walker/image.net)

Comments

[Sunny]

I would like to study about lots of animals like fishes and horses and monkey and all kinds of animals like them

[Hernan]

That is very awesome.

[Scholastic Reporter Shelby]

That is so neat. I heard of her a while ago. That is weird how she stiil had remnents of fur on her body.

[sabo]

uhm interisting and ceerpy at the same time

[Kyla]

Oh yes I am. I would proably try to make two discoveries. One a cure of cancer and I would do that by studying very closey and make a medication that actually works instead of deadly kemo. My other discovery I would like to see is a totally perserved cave man. I would go on a trip to Antartica and find him perserved in the ice.

[cali]

This story gave many details.I think it is just amazing that you found the fossil and that it is close to the human body.And that you could tell what its last meal was.

[nylah]

I would want to discover a cuor for a major illness.I would start off by mixing cemicales randomley take it to the lab room and test it.

[Chris]

That is very awesome
=)

[giovanna]

i would discover out of space because i think it would be really cool to see our plants,stars,sun and moon i would also go to see how life up there is i would also go there to see how it all works with the planets and how all the stuff up ther looks in outer space

[icecream]

Yes, I would like to discover why an Puma sounds like a screaming lady. I would do it by taking tests. First, I would test several ladys(thier screams). Next, I would test several Pumas (out of each speceis) by their sound. After that, I would compare and find out which results aer the same and which results are different. Then I will find the answer to the to my question.

[chelsea]

I would want to discover a new solar system/ galaxy. To do this I would use ALL possible, new, modern resources avalible. Also I would pick a team of experts that had the same intentions as I and that would be the most help to find the new system/galaxy.

[Kelsey]

Yes, I am compelled to discover something. I'm not really sure what but if I had to pick I would try to cure a disease. All you can really do is try and try again. Therefore, I think it is important to help somebody every chance you get.

[Spencer]

What I would do is take a major disease like cancer and take that cancer call. Then I would test the kemo that they and multiply it to a degree so that it will be safe but still be able to kill the cell.

[Mr.Monkey]

Yes I think I am. I would discover a star because I am interested in astronomy. Plus I would be rich If I discovered a star.

[Klint]

I would want to find a cure for brain cancer.I would look every were I could thing of.

[Kealy]

Yes I am!I would love to discover a frog with fur,its kind of weird but really cool at the same time! I think frogs are really cool animals to discover.

[Emma]

This is an amazing discovery! It is so dazzeling what our world is coming to in the scientific division. As for the question, I would defiantly search (and hopefully find) a new animal. I would raise plenty of money and put together an amazing search team of scientists, archaeoligsts, and many more people along those line. After that I would take the team to look in places such as rainforests, oceans, even Antartica!

[steven]

I would discover a star because it is interesting I would be rich if i discover a star I would like discovering a star.

[Zach]

I would go and seach for new animals like sharks and fish and tigers it would be so cool. I would go and get the best team of people and we would go and seack for animal.

[Amanda]

I would try to find a cure for a disease because it would help people stay alive. I do not know how I would do it though.All I want to do is save a life.

[Dustin]

I would like to find a new and advanced warrior with better weapons than a sarptan and gladiator.

[austin]

If I could find a cure or something like that I would find the cure for cancer I would spend my life trying to find it and I think it is really cool that they found something like that that mike be our ancestor.

[Van]

I would discover a new planet just like earth because we could start a new eco-friendly life style.
Also if it was just like earth we could set up research facilities to learn how the earth was made. We could also use the information to find new planets like earth.

[Damen]

I would try to discover a new types of fish. I would go to the deepest and un-known or some that are known waters. I would use scuba-diving,a mini sub and many different types of fishing to try to find many different fish

[jacob]

That was awesome and i loved it but I would want to discover new plants and I would discover it by having a group of people help me. :-) I love fossils!!! :-)))) awesome!!!! and i love to find new foods in the forest and stuff and i am an adventure boy!! and im hungry?:-I

[Nate]

Interesting, indeed.

[spongebob sqarepants]

I WOULD TRY TO DISCOVER WHY IS THE SKY BLUE

[maze]

I would probably go around the world and look for a new animal.because it would be awesome and I would be famous!!!!!! yay!!!!!

[ouch charly]

it is wierd that a 47million year old thing has its bones still put together

[chris86]

i would like to discover a way to travel out of our solar system with the modern technolgy today in a few years we could get the technolgy to travel out of this galaxy

[mm]

i would like to learn more about Ida i think she is interesting.i wonder who would know what the last thing she ate was that's cool.

[shlom 17]

what I learned was that scientist found a dinosaur section that lived over 45 million years ago.

[mcdonalds boy]

that was awesome and I loved the idea about Ida. But i would like to discover frogs,lizards,and dinosaur's.Why because those are the coolest and creepiest animals i can think of right now.

[Melba]

I would discover a star because a star is pretty and stars always make u smile

Lastly because they r CUTE

[mya]

If I was a scientist I will go somewhere to find fossils.

[lamya]

I would want to discover a animal.A animal could have been hit by a rock and could have stayed there for years and made a fossil.

[benjamin]

I think dinosaur bones are cool

[lil mama E as in Eddrene]

That fossil was so cool!!!But it was also creepy!!!I still think the fossil was so cool!!!

[briann!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 and only]

yes i have how to be flexaba !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ....

[Ifeoluwa]

I would want to discover the first person to event somethig .How I would do that is look into books.

[Gerald]

I think that their new discovery is awsome!!! Do you know why? It's because they found something that is incredeble!!! Do you think it is amazing because it is a amazing thing.

[deontae]

I think dinosaurs are really very very cooool and one day I would want to be a sciencetist.

[Nnachi]

I think that making a new discovery is cool!!!!!!!!!Sometimes you find weird things.

[perrion]

is that the real bounes

[daniel]

I think fosuls are cool

[christian]

i would want to discover the biggest snake

[Taren]

I think this is a very important archeology discovery, because this was the first complete primate body found

[V]

Great discovery!

[Oswald-Ferdinand]

This is totally cool discovery. I'm really into dinosaurs. I go to the mueseum all the time. I love this so much!!!

[nick]

I thought this article was very well done and it had a lot of information on primates and our human history