Ardipithecus
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Ardipithecus is an early, now-extinct hominin genus from the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene of Africa that provides key evidence about the evolution of bipedalism and human ancestry.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct taxon
ⓘ
hominin genus ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Australopithecus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Homo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Berhane Asfaw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gen Suwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim D. White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| earliestAgeApproxMa | 7 ⓘ |
| family | Hominidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Australopithecus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| footMorphologyIndicates | grasping big toe and arboreal capabilities ⓘ |
| fossilRange | ~7–4.3 million years ago ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest margin
ⓘ
woodland ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Ardipithecus kadabba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ardipithecus ramidus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| infraorder | Simiiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFromCountry |
Chad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Afari and Greek ⓘ |
| latestAgeApproxMa | 4.3 ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal climbing
ⓘ
facultative bipedalism ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | ground ape ⓘ |
| notableSite |
Afar Depression, Ethiopia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle Awash, Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| parvorder | Catarrhini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pelvisIndicates | adaptation to bipedal walking ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| precededBy | Sahelanthropus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providesEvidenceFor |
early hominin bipedalism
ⓘ
early human ancestry ⓘ evolution of human locomotion ⓘ |
| relevance |
important for reconstructing last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees
ⓘ
key to understanding early hominin evolution ⓘ |
| subfamily | Homininae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suborder | Haplorhini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| superfamily | Hominoidea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeRangeEnd | Early Pliocene ⓘ |
| timeRangeStart | Late Miocene ⓘ |
| tribe | Hominini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Ardipithecus ramidus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.