Donkeys want to believe they evolved from chimps so bad....
Sir David Attenborough, who will present a BBC documentary on the discovery next Tuesday, said: 'The link they would have said until now is missing, is no longer missing.'
But others are more cautious. Dr Henry Gee, a senior editor at the journal Nature, said the use of the term 'missing link' was misleading.
And Dr Chris Beard, of America's Carnegie Museum of Natural History, said: 'I would be absolutely dumbfounded if it turns out to be a potential ancestor to humans.'