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Physiological and anatomical data are combined with modern motion capture technology to create a digital model of a fully-formed Ardipithecus ramidus that moves through an ancient woodland meticulously recreated from intensive fieldwork and analysis.
Bringing Ardi to Life Physiological and anatomical data are combined with modern motion capture technology to create a digital model of a fully-formed Ardipithecus ramidus that moves through an ancient woodland meticulously recreated from intensive fieldwork and analysis. Ardipithecus 02:06 November 19, 2009 28641 -
Using the most advanced motion capture technologies, the team at LifeMod works with Owen Lovejoy to recreate Ardi's movements.
Ardi's Life Modelers Using the most advanced motion capture technologies, the team at LifeMod works with Owen Lovejoy to recreate Ardi's movements. Ardipithecus 03:59 November 19, 2009 21207 -
Clues from Ardi's pelvis indicate she walked upright on two legs, not on all four like chimpanzees.
Discovering Ardi: How Ardi Walked Clues from Ardi's pelvis indicate she walked upright on two legs, not on all four like chimpanzees. Ardipithecus 03:32 October 09, 2009 142226 -
Scientists returned to the Ethiopian desert year after year to search for fossilized evidence of the plants and animals that lived with Ardi.
Discovering Ardi: Building Ardi's World Scientists returned to the Ethiopian desert year after year to search for fossilized evidence of the plants and animals that lived with Ardi. Ardipithecus 03:49 October 09, 2009 35493 -
Find out how scientists managed to safely free the fragile fossils from the sediment surrounding them.
Discovering Ardi: Cleaning the Bones Find out how scientists managed to safely free the fragile fossils from the sediment surrounding them. Ardipithecus 01:02 October 09, 2009 23547 -
Discover how scientists estimated the age of a skeleton so ancient that its bones no longer contain any material useful for dating.
Discovering Ardi: How Old Is Ardi? Discover how scientists estimated the age of a skeleton so ancient that its bones no longer contain any material useful for dating. Ardipithecus 03:39 October 09, 2009 28518 -
Human feet are very different from those of other primates. Ardi's foot had a big toe that could grasp as she climbed in the trees.
Discovering Ardi: Ardi's Feet Human feet are very different from those of other primates. Ardi's foot had a big toe that could grasp as she climbed in the trees. Ardipithecus 01:11 October 09, 2009 23265 -
Because so much of Ardi's skeleton was preserved, a natural history artist could bring her bones to life within her lost world. See the results.
Discovering Ardi: Bringing Ardi Back Because so much of Ardi's skeleton was preserved, a natural history artist could bring her bones to life within her lost world. See the results. Ardipithecus 03:11 October 09, 2009 83529
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- Discovering Ardi
- The discovery a 4.4 million-year-old Ardipithecus skeleton rewrites the story of human evolution and provides strong evidence that bipedality is the oldest defining characteristic of human ancestors.
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- Ardipithecus: Bringing Ardi to Life
- Physiological and anatomical data are combined with modern motion capture technology to create a digital model of a fully-formed Ardipithecus ramidus that moves through an ancient woodland meticulously recreated from intensive fieldwork and analysis.
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Video Added: November 19, 2009
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