In the last couple of episodes we’ve met two early travellers along the Hominin River.  Today, we will meet yet another one.  This one lived approximately 5.5 million years ago.  It is know as Ardipithecus kadabba, and this is its story.

Works Cited

  • “Ardipithecus | History, Features, Habitat, and Facts.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Sept. 2016, www.britannica.com/topic/Ardipithecus/The-discovery-of-Ardipithecus.

  • Ardipithecus Kadaba Essay | Becoming Human. www.becominghuman.org/node/ardipithecus-kadaba-essay.

  • Haile-Selassie, Y., Suwa, G., White, T.D., 2004. Late Miocene teeth from Middle Awash, Ethiopia, and early hominid dental evolution. Science 303, 1503-1505.
  • The Earliest Hominins: Sahelanthropus, Orrorin, and Ardipithecus | Learn Science at Scitable. www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-earliest-hominins-sahelanthropus-orrorin-and-ardipithecus-67648286/?error=cookies_not_supported&code=a2062933-3c03-4bc6-bd7d-68891ee434f2.

  • The Australian Museum. “Ardipithecus Kadabba.” The Australian Museum, australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/ardipithecus-kadabba.

  • Welker, Barbara Helm. “8. Ardipithecus Ramidus, Ardipithecus Kadabba – the History of Our Tribe: Hominini.” Pressbooks, 13 June 2017, milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/the-history-of-our-tribe-hominini/chapter/ardipithecus-ramidus-ardipithecus-kadabba.

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