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To: count-your-change
count-your-change: "I think all th eArdi parts were found at one spot."

As I read it, there were two different species of Ardipithecus -- ramadus (4.4 million years) and kadabba (5.6 million years) -- discovered in at least three different locations, and including at least eleven individuals.

Here (on left) are some of the ramadus bones and (on right) kadabba:

12 posted on 05/19/2013 1:33:36 PM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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To: BroJoeK
Thanks for the clarification. As I look at that partial skeleton I wonder how anyone could draw conclusions about how it moved even if it were one individual. No knee joints, no hip joints, a crushed pelvis that was assembled and reassembled until it was “just right”, no ribs or spine....yet somehow out of this hodge podge an Ardi hobbles forth.
13 posted on 05/19/2013 3:22:20 PM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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