Ardipithecus
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Ardipithecus is a very early hominid genus, which lived during the late Neogene.
| Ardipithecus Temporal range: Pliocene
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| Genus: | Ardipithecus White et al., 1995
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Two species are known: A. kadabba, dated to about 5.6 million years ago (late Miocene),[1] and A. ramidus, which lived about 4.4 million years ago during the early Pliocene.[2]
Because this genus shares several traits with the African great ape genera (Pan and Gorilla), some place it on the that branch rather than human branch.
Most consider it a proto-human because of a likeness in teeth with Australopithecus. Ardipithecus had bipedalism and reduced canines, like the Australopithecines.
Ardipithecus Media
Map showing discovery locations.
Ardipithecus kadabba fossils
- Ardipithecus (finger bones).jpg
Casts of Ardi's finger bones.
Related pages
References
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ Perlman, David. "Fossils from Ethiopia may be earliest human ancestor". National Geographic News. Retrieved 1 July 2009.