A 4.4-million-year-old Ardipithecus fossil named "Ardi" shows early humans walked upright, keeping ape-like climbing ...

Ancient ankle bones of Ardipithecus ramidus reveal how early humans combined climbing and upright walking, reshaping the ...

The tireless search to decipher humanity’s origins has taken a new turn following an exhaustive investigation into one of the most complete and ancient skeletons ever discovered: Ardipithecus ramidus, ...

Learn more about Ardipithecus ramidus and how their ankle bone paints a better picture of how our ancestors transitioned from walking like apes to walking up right.

Analysis of a 4.4-million-year-old ankle bone supports the hypothesis that the earliest humans evolved from an ape-like ...

The findings of this study suggest that the first humans may have originated from apes that were accustomed to living in two ...

A prehistoric hominin that lived more than four million years ago in Ethiopia may have climbed like a chimp and walked a bit ...

A new study from Washington University in St. Louis published in Communications Biology presents compelling evidence to ...

This very lifestyle, of standing and walking on two legs unlike some of our primate predecessors, may have been key to supercharging the survival and reproductive advantage of our ancestral species.

"Ardi" fossils from Ethiopia are 4.4 million years old. Oct. 1, 2009 — -- Scientists today told the world what they know about Ardipithecus ramidus-- "Ardi" for short -- the oldest pre-human ...

The recent analysis of a 4.4-million-year-old ankle bone in Ethiopia showed that the ancient species Ardipithecus ramidus may ...