The name Ardipithecus ramidus stems mostly from the Afar language, in which Ardi means "ground/floor" and ramid means "root". The pithecus portion of the name is from the Greek word for …

Jan 3, 2024 · Over 100 specimens of Ardipithecus ramidus have been recovered in Ethiopia. Even though it has some ape-like features (as do many other early human species), it also has key human …

Ardipithecus, the earliest known genus of the zoological family Hominidae (the group that includes humans and excludes great apes) and the likely ancestor of Australopithecus, a group closely related …

Some paleoanthropologists have suggested that Ardipithecus may be a better candidate for our ancestry than one or more of the australopiths. It has also been suggested that australopiths are descended …

Apr 11, 2018 · This species was originally classified as Australopithecus ramidus in 1994, but was reclassified in 1995 because its discoverers believed it was distinct enough to be placed into a new …

Ardipithecus is an early hominin known from Ethiopia, Africa. This group existed from about 5.8 to 4.4 million years ago. The better-known species of that group, Ardipithecus ramidus, is dated to 4.4 …

An older hominin taxon, Ardipithecus kadabba, which is also found in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia, is argued by some researchers to be a direct ancestor of Ar. ramidus because both species share …