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Ardipithecus: Discovering Ardi: How Ardi Walked
Clues from Ardi's pelvis indicate she walked upright on two legs, not on four like chimpanzees.
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See how the scientists excavated Ardi and studied the bones.
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Members of the Middle Awash research team who found "Ardi" share their insights about fieldwork, fossils and the study of hominid evolution.
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Evolutionary biologist Owen Lovejoy provides deeper insights into how Ardipithecus profoundly affects the human evolutionary story.
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Discovering Ardi: How Ardi...Clues from Ardi's pelvis indicate she walked upright on two legs, not on all four like chimpanzees.Ardipithecus (03:32)
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"Ardi" and Lucy ComparedLucy was once the world's oldest hominid skeleton, but she was too evolved to shed light on earlier hominid evolution. But now "Ardi" is here.Ardipithecus (01:44)
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Bringing Ardi to LifePhysiological 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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Ardi's Life ModelersUsing the most advanced motion capture technologies, the team at LifeMod works with Owen Lovejoy to recreate Ardi's movements.Ardipithecus (03:59)
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"Ardi's" Facial CluesOwen points out how the male aggressive display in great apes differs profoundly from that seen in early hominids.Ardipithecus (01:30)
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Hominid Hunting in the Middle...Yohannes Haile-Selassie tells why Ethiopia's Middle Awash region holds an unparalleled record of human origins.Ardipithecus (00:55)
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Discovering Ardi: Bringing...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)
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Discovering Ardi: How Old Is...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)
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Genetic CautionOwen reminds us not to get too carried away with our genetic similarity with chimpanzees.Ardipithecus (01:22)
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Anatomy, TechnologyOwen talks about the history of physical anthropology and contrasts anatomical and technological approaches and their results.Ardipithecus (01:53)
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A Natural Laboratory for...Ethiopia's Middle Awash region has a unique role to play in finding the keys that can unlock the mysteries of human origins.Ardipithecus (01:42)
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Discovering Ardi: Building...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)
- Discovering Ardi: How Ardi Walked
- "Ardi" and Lucy Compared
- Bringing Ardi to Life
- Ardi's Life Modelers
- "Ardi's" Facial Clues
- Hominid Hunting in the Middle Awash
- Discovering Ardi: Bringing Ardi Back
- Discovering Ardi: How Old Is Ardi?
- Genetic Caution
- Anatomy, Technology
- A Natural Laboratory for Human Origins
- Discovering Ardi: Building Ardi's World
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