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Harum didn't say what you seem to think he said so his reputation isn't relevant.

Harum said this was exciting because (if it is) a transitional between lemurs and monkeys it would be an ancestor to all monkeys humans and apes.

He didn't say it provided evidence for (or “proved”) the ape to human transition.

It would be impossible for it to “prove” something that would not happen for millions of years.

That is like saying Tiktaalik “proved” reptile to mammal evolution. A little hard for it to do, seeings as how it was neither a reptile or a mammal.

Similarly, it would be impossible for Ida to “prove” ape to human evolution as a possible transitional form between a lemur and a monkey is neither an ape or a human.

So are you really still not getting this?

Do I have to keep explaining it to you?

Would a timeline help?

Now, now, Hurum said Ida was a link to all humans. But since you suggested he was an “idiot” if quoted accurately, giving no reason to think he wasn't, why is his reputation now “irrelevant”?

“This the first link to all humans,” Hurum, of the Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway, said in a statement. Ida represents “the closest thing we can get to a direct ancestor.”

But I expect you'll keep trying to conjure up a lie in the article no matter how carefully its explained to you.

Timeline? Not needed but if you could try to stay on the point of the article that would help, thank you.