At 4.4 million years old, Ardi, short for Ardipithecus ramidus, is mankind's oldest known relative and was designed to live both in the trees and on the ground. "This skeleton sheds light on a time ...

Belonging to the speciesArdipithecus ramidus, the adult female—"Ardi" for short—is more than a million years older than the famous Lucy skeleton and much more informative about one of ...

Both were found in Africa. Ardi is a female human-like fossilised skeleton that dates from 4.4 million years ago. Ardi's bones show that she was probably able to walk upright but she had very long ...