It is the most complete early hominid specimen, with most of the skull, teeth, pelvis, hands and feet, [1] more complete than the previously known Australopithecus afarensis specimen called "Lucy". In all, 125 different pieces of fossilized bone were found. [2]

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2024年1月3日 · Ardipithecus ramidus was first reported in 1994; in 2009, scientists announced a partial skeleton, nicknamed ‘Ardi’. The foot bones in this skeleton indicate a divergent large toe combined with a rigid foot – it's still unclear what this means concerning bipedal behavior.

Ardi possesses a small cranial cavity comparable to that of a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and has long arms and fingers, opposable great toes, and relatively small canine teeth that do not project and sharpen like those in apes.

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 is a genus of an extinct hominine that lived during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene epochs in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia.

2010年3月16日 · For details about the "Ardi" fossil shown here on the October 2009 cover of Science, please visit the links listed below.

2009年10月1日 · Fifteen years in the making, a dossier of papers on "Ardi" published in Science suggest that like humans, chimpanzees have undergone substantial evolutionary change.

2009年11月19日 · Because the traditional hallmark of an early human has been the adaptation for upright walking, much of the debate over Ardipithecus 's status hinges on how her lower body bones fit together—in...

2009年12月18日 · Now comes Ardi, a 4.4-million-year-old female who shines bright new light on an obscure time in our past. Her discoverers named her species Ardipithecus ramidus, from the Afar words for “root” and “ground,” to describe a ground …