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" 'This fossil has been hailed as the eighth wonder of the world. Frankly, I've got 10 more in my basement,' said Chris Beard, a curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.

Though the fossil is a beautiful specimen, it is not dissimilar to many slightly less well-preserved primate fossils from around the same period.

'In some ways the most amazing and startling result of all of this is that we've now set a new standard in how to promote a new fossil,' Beard told LiveScience. 'And I have mixed feelings about that.'

Beard said he applauded the push to get the public excited about science. But he disagreed with some of the outlandish claims researchers made during the press conference, such as the suggestion that Ida represents a "missing link" between early primates and humans.

'It's not a missing link, it's not even a terribly close relative to monkeys, apes and humans, which is the point they're trying to make,' Beard said."