World's oldest human-linked skeleton (Ardipithecus ramidus)
Pro-Humanist FREELOVER
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The Analysis of Ardipithecus ramidus -- One
of the Earliest Known Hominids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Din-QcZGRko
More than a million-years older than "Lucy," Ardipithecus ramidus
and the associated fossils provide the most detailed snapshot of
early hominid life. This video features interviews with Project Co-
Director Tim White (University of California, Berkeley), Science
correspondent Ann Gibbons, and paleoanthropologist Andrew
Hill (Yale University). Produced by Robert Frederick and Michael
Torrice.
http://www.sciencemag.org/ardipithecus/
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Human Evolution Timeline
http://myweb.cableone.net/prohuman/pix/humanevolutiontimeline.JPG
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'Ardi' predates Lucy by a million years, changes scientific
view of origins
by Randolph E. Schmid
updated 6:23 p.m. CT, Thurs., Oct . 1, 2009
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33110809/ns/technology_and_science-science/
Excepts:
The story of humankind is reaching back another million years
with the discovery of "Ardi," a hominid who lived 4.4 million years
ago in what is now Ethiopia.
The 110-pound, 4-foot female roamed forests a million years be-
fore the famous Lucy, long studied as the earliest skeleton of a
human ancestor.
This older skeleton reverses the common wisdom of human evolu-
tion, said anthropologist C. Owen Lovejoy of Kent State University.
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Seven signs of evolution in action
Indications that species evolve through process of natural selection.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29040024/ns/technology_and_science-science
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Rather than humans evolving from an ancient chimplike creature, the
new find provides evidence that chimps and humans evolved from
some long-ago common ancestor - but each evolved and changed
separately along the way.
"This is not that common ancestor, but it's the closest we have ever
been able to come," said Tim White, director of the Human Evolution
Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
The lines that evolved into modern humans and living apes probably
shared an ancestor 6 million to 7 million years ago, White said in a
telephone interview.
But Ardi has many traits that do not appear in modern-day African
apes, leading to the conclusion that the apes evolved extensively
since we shared that last common ancestor.
A study of Ardi, under way since the first bones were discovered
in 1994, indicates the species lived in the woodlands and could
climb on all fours along tree branches, but the development of their
arms and legs indicates they didn't spend much time in the trees.
And they could walk upright, on two legs, when on the ground.
Formally dubbed Ardipithecus ramidus - which means root of the
ground ape - the find is detailed in 11 research papers published
Thursday by the journal Science.
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References:
History/Origins/Future of Energy,
Matter, Space, Time, and Life ...
Universe(s) Origin(s) / Introduction
(updated August 16, 2009)
http://myweb.cableone.net/prohuman/origins_august2009intro.htm
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Significant updates to this series of posts, including
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updated/replaced links, and additional information.
These new pages can be accessed from the "History/
Origins/Future Links" bar on every Pro-Humanist
FREELOVER page (over 800 pages as of 081609):
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History/Origins/Future of Energy,
Matter, Space, Time, and Life (1 of 7)
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From Past Infinity to ~3.5 Billion Years Ago
http://myweb.cableone.net/prohuman/origins_1_of_7.htm
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History/Origins/Future of Energy,
Matter, Space, Time, and Life (2 of 7)
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From ~3.5 Billion Years Ago
to ~359 Million Years Ago
http://myweb.cableone.net/prohuman/origins_2_of_7.htm
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History/Origins/Future of Energy,
Matter, Space, Time, and Life (3 of 7)
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From ~359 Million Years Ago
to ~145 Million Years Ago
http://myweb.cableone.net/prohuman/origins_3_of_7.htm
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History/Origins/Future of Energy,
Matter, Space, Time, and Life (4 of 7)
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From ~145 Million Years Ago
to ~23 Million Years Ago
http://myweb.cableone.net/prohuman/origins_4_of_7.htm
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History/Origins/Future of Energy,
Matter, Space, Time, and Life (5 of 7)
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From ~23 Million Years Ago
to ~2 Million Years Ago
http://myweb.cableone.net/prohuman/origins_5_of_7.htm
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History/Origins/Future of Energy,
Matter, Space, Time, and Life (6 of 7)
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From ~1.8 Million Years Ago
to ~32,000 Years Ago
http://myweb.cableone.net/prohuman/origins_6_of_7.htm
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History/Origins/Future of Energy,
Matter, Space, Time, and Life (7 of 7)
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From ~30,000 Years Ago
to the Future & Infinity
http://myweb.cableone.net/prohuman/origins_7_of_7.htm
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History/Origins/Future of Energy,
Matter, Space, Time, and Life
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Online Biology Book
http://www.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobooktoc.html
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