Jorn Hurum, Palaeontologist

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Palaeontologist Jorn Hurum, led the research into the 47 million year-old primate fossil, Ida. Dr Hurum tells Carrie Gracie about of the world of fossil trading and the bar room deals that brought the primate out of a private collection and to world attention. He discusses the controversies over his research and the claims made for it.