Mar 7, 2021 · Nicknamed Ardi, the skeleton preserved many parts missing from Lucy (including hands, feet, and skull) and was 1.2 million years older.
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Oct 1, 2009 · The female skeleton, nicknamed Ardi, is 4.4 million years old, 1.2 million years older than the skeleton of Lucy, or Australopithecus afarensis, ...
Fossil Skeleton From Africa Predates Lucy - The New York Times
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Oct 1, 2009 · Lucy, meet Ardi. Ardi, short for Ardipithecus ramidus, is the newest fossil skeleton out of Africa to take its place in the gallery of human ...
"Ardi", like "Lucy", was a hominid-becoming-hominin species, but, dated at 4.4 million years ago, it had evolved much earlier than the afarensis species.
Oct 1, 2009 · The female skeleton, nicknamed Ardi, is 4.4 million years old, 1.2 million years older than the skeleton of Lucy, or Australopithecus afarensis, ...
Sep 30, 2009 · ... Ardi." The fossil puts to rest the notion ... Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, was found in 1974. ... Radiometric dating of two layers of ...
Oct 1, 2009 · Scientists on Thursday unveiled a fossil human ancestor dating back 4.4 million years — a creature more ancient than the famous fossil "Lucy ...
Oct 1, 2009 · For comparison, Ardipithecus is more than a million years older than “Lucy,” the partial female skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis. Until ...
Ardi's diminutive skull said to have evolved some human features a million years before Lucy.