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Ardipithecus ramidus

author: Julius T. Csotonyi/Novapix

reference: t-pre01-10002

Image Size 300 DPI: 19 * 33 cm

Portrait of a Ardipithecus ramidus. This restoration, based on the newly described Ethiopian specimen nicknamed "Ardi", illustrates a basal hominid that resides near the common ancestor of apes and humans. It lived about 4.4 million years ago during the early Pliocene.

Keywords for this photo:

ARDIPITHECUS - EARTH - EVOLUTION - HISTORY OF EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - MAN - PALEONTOLOGY - PLIOCENE - PREHISTORY - PRIMATE -