There has been strong criticism of the way this fossil has been publicised. Are people upset because your conclusion – that Ida is probably the ancestor of all apes and monkeys – seemed too set in stone?
Yes. That’s why there has been head-banging.
The money spent on Ida [the asking price was reported to be $1 million]… was that because it was such a well-preserved primate, or because of its potential evolutionary relationship to humans?
No. We started off thinking it was the ancestor of all lemurs.
It may still turn out to be a lemur. Do you still have an…
