Earliest Human Ancestors Discovered

Stumbled upon this amazing news over at the Huffington post this morning, check it out!

The big news in the journal Science tomorrow is the discovery of the oldest human skeleton -- a small-brained, 110-pound female of the species Ardipithecus ramidus, nicknamed "Ardi." She lived in what is now Ethiopia 4.4 million years ago, which makes her over a million years older than the famous "Lucy" fossil, found in the same region thirty-five years ago. Read more at: www.huffingtonpost.com...

Nice find friend,THis 1 I believe is younger then the skeleton with the tail right????

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blowing Savanna Theory apart again. Good.

Simply awesome.

I'm studying right now to be a paleoanthropologist. I can't wait until class on Monday! My professor should be pretty elated.

Nice find, here's another link - UC-Berkeley scientists unveil skeleton that shares human, chimp features

even tho they been had info on her since 1994 look it up.

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