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Image 1
Partial skeleton of Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species living about 4.4 million years ago in Ethiopia. This female stood about 1.2 meters high. Eleven papers from an international team of authors published in print and online in this special issue describe the anatomy of this species and its habitat and discuss the implications for understanding human evolution. One result is that extant great apes are poor models for our last common ancestor with chimpanzees.
Image: © T. White, 2008
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Digitally rendered composite hand of the “Ardi” partial skeleton. This image relates to an article in the 02 October 2009 issue of Science. The study, by Dr. C. Owen Lovejoy of Kent State University and colleagues, is titled, “Careful Climbing in the Miocene: The Forelimbs of Ardipithecus ramidus and Humans Are Primitive.”
Image courtesy of Science/AAAS
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Digitally rendered composite foot of the “Ardi” partial skeleton. This image relates to an article in the 02 October 2009 issue of Science. The study, by Dr. C. Owen Lovejoy of Kent State University and colleagues, is titled, “Combining Prehension and Propulsion: The Foot of Ardipithecus ramidus.”
Image courtesy of Science/AAAS
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Original and reconstructed pelvis of the “Ardi” partial skeleton. This image relates to an article in the 02 October 2009 issue of Science. The study, by Dr. C. Owen Lovejoy of Kent State University and colleagues, is titled, "The Pelvis and Femur of Ardipithecus ramidus: The Emergence of Upright Walking."
Image courtesy of Science/AAAS
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