Ardipithecus ramidus

by: Julius T. Csotonyi/Novapix
Reference: t-pre01-10001
Date: 2010-05-03

Portrait of a Ardipithecus ramidus. This restoration, based on the newly described Ethiopian specimen nicknamed "Ardi", illustrates a basal hominid that resides near the common ancestor of apes and humans. It lived about 4.4 million years ago during the early Pliocene.

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