Oldest Member Of The Human Family Tree

“She lived at the dawn of a new era, when chimps and people began walking (or climbing) along their own evolutionary trails. This is Ardi – the oldest member of the human family tree we’ve found so far. Short, hairy and with long arms, she roamed the forests of Africa 4.4million years ago. Her discovery, [...]

Rethinking The Human Family Tree

Once again, we have an amazing anthropological find out of Ethiopia that sheds light – and raises questions – about the evolution of our species and our primate cousins. After 15 years of rumors, researchers in the U.S. and Ethiopia...

Oldest Hominid Skeleton Unveiled as Earliest Example of Human Evolution

(ChattahBox) — A research team reported today in the journal Science, unveiling the oldest-known member of the human family tree. The bones of Ardipithecus ramidus — known as ‘Ardi’, a hominid or great ape, were discovered in Ethiopia in 1994 and date back 4.4 million years ago. But it took 17 years for the team of 47 investigators, from ten different countries, to analyze and interpret the data. The earliest known Ardipithecus — A. ramidus kadabba — lived around 5.8 million years ago in Ethi

Ardi, oldest known skeleton of a human ancestor

Internet, meet Ardi , the newest member of the human branch of the primate family tree. Or rather, the oldest. Discovered in Ethiopia in 1994, Ardi is a 4.4 million-year-old partial skeleton of a female Ardipithecus ramidus. The fossil puts to rest the notion, popular since Darwin's time, that a chimpanzee-like missing link -- resembling something between humans and today's apes -- would eventually be found at the root of the human family tree. Indeed, the new evidence suggests that

The Human Family Tree on National Geographic

National Geographic’s Human Family Tree is a 90 minute special (2 hours with commercials) on the current results of the ongoing Genographic Project, airing on the National Geographic Channel this Sunday, August 30, 2009. The program is a fascinating presentation of what the studies of modern people’s DNA has told us about the ancient migration patterns of our ancestors. National Geographic’s Human Family Tree. Photo by National Geographic (c) 2009 The Genographic Project is a five

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