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The Hominid Sisterhood

October 4, 2009 by EthioSun

Lucy, you sweet young thing. No longer can you lay claim to being the oldest creature on the human branch of the primate family tree. The honor goes to Ardi, who at 4.4 million years old has you beat by a little over a million. Her assembled bones...

October 1, 2009 by EthioSun

WASHINGTON – The story of humankind is reaching back another million years as scientists learn more about "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...