Ardipithecus - Wikipedia
The fossil is the remains of a small-brained 50-kilogram (110 lb) female, nicknamed "Ardi", and includes most of the skull and teeth, as well as the pelvis, hands, and feet. [16] It was discovered in Ethiopia's harsh Afar desert at a site called Aramis in the Middle Awash region.
Ardipithecus | History, Features, Habitat, & Facts | Britannica
Ardipithecus, the earliest known genus of the zoological family Hominidae (the group that includes humans and excludes great apes) and the likely ancestor of Australopithecus, a group closely related to and often considered ancestral to modern humans.
Ardipithecus ramidus - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
Jan 3, 2024 · Over 100 specimens of Ardipithecus ramidus have been recovered in Ethiopia. Even though it has some ape-like features (as do many other early human species), it also has key human features including smaller diamond-shaped …
Ardipithecus ramidus - Wikipedia
Ardipithecus ramidus is a species of australopithecine from the Afar region of Early Pliocene Ethiopia 4.4 million years ago (mya). A. ramidus , unlike modern hominids , has adaptations for both walking on two legs ( bipedality ) and life in the trees ( arboreality ).
Ardipithecus: We Meet At Last - National Geographic
Oct 1, 2009 · Meet Ardipithecus. This introduction has been a long time coming. Some 4.4 million years ago, a hominid now known as Ardipithecus ramidus lived in what were then forests in Ethiopia.
Ardipithecus kadabba - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
Jan 3, 2024 · Ardipithecus kadabba was bipedal (walked upright), probably similar in body and brain size to a modern chimpanzee, and had canines that resemble those in later hominins but that still project beyond the tooth row. This early human species is only known in the fossil record by a few post-cranial bones and sets of teeth.
Long-Awaited Research on a 4.4-Million-Year-Old Hominid Sheds …
Oct 1, 2009 · The ancient Ardipithecus ramidus ("Ardi", as the most complete female specimen is known) is described in 11 research papers published online today in Science.
The Earliest Hominins: Sahelanthropus, Orrorin, and Ardipithecus ...
Ardipithecus ramidus is unusual among the earliest hominin species in having a large sample size (110 specimens from Aramis) — the most complete and important of these is the recently described...
Ardipithecus ramidus and the Paleobiology of Early Hominids
Ardipithecus reveals the first hominid adaptive plateau after the CLCA. It combined facultative terrestrial bipedality (25, 26) in a woodland habitat (28–30) with retained arboreal capabilities inherited from the CLCA (24–27).
A New Kind of Ancestor: Ardipithecus Unveiled | Science - AAAS
Oct 2, 2009 · Ardipithecus is the current leading candidate for Au. anamensis's ancestor, if only because it's the only putative hominin in evidence between 5.8 million and 4.4 million years ago.