Move Over, Lucy; Ardi May Be Oldest Human Ancestor

Breaking news regarding evolutionary tree of life, especially when it comes to hominids. we already brought you A Planet where Ape Evolved from Man?

NPR picks up where we left off. You can read the article by Christopher Joyce here.

Embedded below is an audio interview with the discoverer of Ardi.



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Holy Grail of Paleontology: The Link

On the heels of yesterday's post we now have even more info on Ida. Ida (pronounced ee-da) is the oldest and most complete fossilized skeleton of a human/primate ancestor. It is estimated Ida is 47 million years old. By comparison, Lucy, the Australopithecus afarensis and former most complete specimen is only 3 million years old.

One thing is certain If you are a true bigfooter you must watch the History Channel special this Monday the 25th. We encourage to go straight to the History Channel website and check out all the video they have for free on Ida. What are you still doing here?! Check out those Videos!

Then come back here and thank us!!