Science magazine dedicates its pages to 11 papers that present a detailed analysis on and introduction of our 4.4 million year old ancestor, Ardipithecus ramidus, authored by a diverse international team.   “These 4.4 million year old hominid fossils sit within a critical early part of human evolution, and cast new and sometimes surprising light on the

... began bipedal walking in earnest. From the article:What makes Ardipithecus singular is the skeleton: To anatomists, Ardi is not a mere point ... , stable period in the early Pliocene environment. The Ardipithecus form might account for the bulk of the whole story of human ... those materials found at their site: Online Extras: Ardipithecus ramidus. There is also an informative summary video to be found ...

... time, the cranial capacity of the Hobbit is only slightly larger than that of Ardipithecus ramidus. If the Hobbit were an ape, this would not be such a big deal: chimpanzee ... about human evolution, it is a much less critical issue for that species. It would be different if it were claimed that ramidus had a 1300cc brain rather than 350cc--that would be truly unbelievable. The Hobbit represents just ...

... Pett lampooned creationists using the recently discovered Ardipithecus ramidus fossil known affectionately as "Ardi ... Pett's emphasis on the estimated age of the Ardipithecus Ramidus fossil is intended to ridicule all creationists ... argument. Go on... Does Pett have any knowledge that in those 11 papers on Ardipithecus Ramidus there are many fundamental questions whose answers are inconclusive ...

... generations of researchers had speculated. The discovery of the specimen called Ardipithecus ramidus "is one of the most important discoveries for the study of human evolution," said paleoanthropologist David Pilbeam of ... in heat that characterizes gorillas and chimpanzees was absent in Ardipithecus. That implies, Lovejoy concluded, that the males were beginning to ...

Paleoanthropologist Yohannes Haile-Selassie, one of the discoverers of Ardipithecus ramidus, will be giving a talk in Bloomington next week. He will be speaking on Tuesday, December 1, at 4:00 PM in Whittenberger Auditorium at IU Bloomington on “Ardi: Discovering and Interpreting Ardipithecus.” Ardi has been getting a lot of attention lately after 11 articles on