Between 1992 and 1994, working in the Awash region of Ethiopia, the same region that Ardipithecus kadabba would be found a few years later, paleoanthropologist Tim White unearthed well over 100 specimens of something new.
What was it?
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Works Cited
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“Ardipithecus | History, Features, Habitat, and Facts.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Sept. 2016, www.britannica.com/topic/Ardipithecus/Evolutionary-relationships.
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“Ardipithecus Ramidus.” The Smithsonian Institution’s Human Origins Program, 30 June 2022, humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/ardipithecus-ramidus.
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Before Lucy: Older Hominid Ardi Challenges Thinking About Human Evolution. www.earthmagazine.org/article/lucy-older-hominid-ardi-challenges-thinking-about-human-evolution.
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“Before ‘Lucy,’ There Was ‘Ardi’: First Major Analysis of Early Hominid Published in Science.” ScienceDaily, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091001110548.htm.
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“Science.” AAAS, www.science.org/toc/science/326/5949.
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Science Magazine. “The Analysis of Ardipithecus Ramidus — One of the Earliest Known Hominids.” YouTube, 9 Oct. 2009, www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC9aIth1ah4.
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The Australian Museum. “Ardipithecus Ramidus.” The Australian Museum, australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/ardipithecus-ramidus.
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White, Tim D., et al. “Neither Chimpanzee nor Human, Ardipithecus Reveals the Surprising Ancestry of Both.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 112, no. 16, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Apr. 2015, pp. 4877–84. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1403659111.
Music in this Episode
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Caravan by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: soundofpicture.com
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Bit Rio by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: soundofpicture.com
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Gamma Ray by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: soundofpicture.com
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Climbing the Mountain by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: soundofpicture.com
- Toboggan (Smooth Run) by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: soundofpicture.com
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