The woodland ancestor Ardipithecus reveals the mixed path that seeded upright walking and humanity.
Ardipithecus ramidus lived on two kinds of diets: fruit and tough bark, hinting at flexible, non-carnivorous adaptability.
Ardipithecus fossils reveal grasping foot bones suggesting both climbing trees and walking upright, centuries before dedicated bipedalism.
The famous Ardi skeleton shows a tiny canine with a broad, flat face, challenging the notion of aggressive early humans.
Ardipithecus existed around 4.4 million years ago, long before Homo erectus, yet shares surprising ankle and wrist similarities with later hominins.
Ardipithecus ramidus lived on two kinds of diets: fruit and tough bark, hinting at flexible, non-carnivorous adaptability.
Ardipithecus fossils reveal grasping foot bones suggesting both climbing trees and walking upright, centuries before dedicated bipedalism.
The famous Ardi skeleton shows a tiny canine with a broad, flat face, challenging the notion of aggressive early humans.
Ardipithecus existed around 4.4 million years ago, long before Homo erectus, yet shares surprising ankle and wrist similarities with later hominins.
