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Before 'Lucy,' There Was 'Ardi:' First Major Analysis of One of Earliest Known Hominids (5 of 5)

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Before 'Lucy,' There Was 'Ardi:' First Major Analysis of One of Earliest Known Hominids (5 of 5)

image: Digitally rendered composite foot of the "Ardi" partial skeleton. This image relates to an article in the Oct. 2, 2009, issue of Science. The study, by Dr. C. Owen Lovejoy of Kent State University and colleagues, is titled, "Combining Prehension and Propulsion: The Foot of Ardipithecus ramidus." See figure 1 of the paper for caption information. view more 

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