Ardipithecus Ramidus: Evidence for Evolution or Extinct Ape? (Classroom Series)
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Ardipithecus Ramidus: Evidence for Evolution or Extinct Ape? Natural History Museums everywhere display a line-up of ape-to-human icons that supposedly show how humans evolved from ape-like creatures millions of years ago. Ardipithecus ramidus, or “Ardi” is one of these famous icons, supposedly holding the “4 to 5 million years ago” time slot.
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- Artie is significant because we believe she walked upright based on where her spine enters her skull.
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- Was the skull complete like shown in the Science Journal? Actually no. They reconstructed it from over 110 bone fragments found over a 30 -foot area.
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- Right. So how did her spine enter her skull from the pieces they found? I mean there's not much to go on there.
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- Did they find any neck vertebrae? Well actually again no. We have no neck vertebrae.
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- So let me get this straight. So they have no base of the skull, they guessed on where the spine entered the skull, and they have no neck vertebrae?