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'Ardi' Reverses Common Understanding of Human Evolution

Fri, Oct. 02 2009 09:33 AM EDT
Earliest hominid discovered
(Photo: Science / J.H. Matternes)
This undated artist's rendering provided by the journal Science shows the probable life appearance in anterior view of Ardipithecus ramidus also known as 'Ardi'. The story of humankind is reaching back another million years with the discovery of 'Ardi,' a hominid who lived in what is now Ethiopia 4.4 million years ago.
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