Ardipithecus
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Ardipithecus is a genus of extinct hominine that lived during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene epochs in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Originally described as one of the earliest ancestors of huma
Ardi
Casts of Ardi's finger bones
Ardipithecus kadabba fossils
Teilhardina DB15
Hominini
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The Hominini form a taxonomic tribe of the subfamily Homininae. They comprise two extant genera: Homo and Pan, and in standard usage exclude the genus Gorilla, which is grouped separately within the s
Ardipithecus
…of humans after they diverged from the last common ancestor shared with chimpanzees, the relation of this genus to human ancestors and whether it is a hominin is now a matter of debate. Two fossil species are described in the literature: A. ramidus, which lived about 4.4 million years ago during the early…
Ham and handler
Cast of a skull of Sahelanthropus tchadensis, nick-named ″Toumaï″
Eosimias DB15