Stanley Ambrose, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Stanley Ambrose, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Carbon isotope analyses conducted by University of Illinois anthropology professor Stanley Ambrose indicated that Ardipithecus ramidus was a woodland creature whose diet resembled those of modern baboons and chimpanzees.

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Photo by L. Brian Stauffer, U. of I. News Bureau

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