The Analysis of Ardipithecus ramidus -- One of the Earliest Known Hominids

More than a million-years older than "Lucy," Ardipithecus ramidus and the associated fossils provide the most detailed snapshot of early hominid life. This video features interviews with Project Co-Director Tim White (University of California, Berkeley), Science correspondent Ann Gibbons, and paleoanthropologist Andrew Hill (Yale University). Produced by Robert Frederick and Michael Torrice.

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• Ardi
• Ardipithecus
• ramidus
• Lucy
• hominid
• paleontology
• paleoanthropology
• evolution
• Darwin

[wookyz1]

europeans find bones in africa, apply a fancy latin name to them, draw a picture or model of what they assume it looks like and call it evolution. the neanderthal was extinct but the dna magically reapeared in the majority if the people on the planet. i bet theyre still teaching koko sign language.

[khijasmith]

i enjoyed this vid

[TheLizzifer]

@Cypherus21 Considering scientists rarely determine bipedal locomotion by the spine (moreso the pelvis and tibia to femur ratio as well as hand and foot morphology), it's perfectly legitimate to insert this into the theory of evolution. Yes, scientists are always trying to one-up each other, but that's hardly a reason to discount something like this.

[Cypherus21]

So they found some bones in Ethiopia which is obviously a primate. Then those bones are inserted into the theory of evolution, complete with renders of a hominid walking upright, even though no bones of the spine were found at the site. Science has now become commercialized with scientists competing with one another to find the oldest bones and make inferences, as is manifested in fancy CG renders, to subjectively create another link in the human evolutionary path.

[benthemiester]

@McTaggStar No one is arguing that all life is not made up of the same type of chemicals we all have DNA, but that doesn't mean that protozoa evolved into man. If we are going to consider common ancestry, then the alternative should be common design. The problem is that everyone repeats the same talking points but no one can provide any concrete examples. I asked the same of Francisco Ayala and Russell Doolittle when they made these kinds of claims, and they could not back it up either.

[benthemiester]

@McTaggStar I cited papers that had abstract easy enough to understand. You can read them if you wish or ignore them.

[benthemiester]

@McTaggStar If you cant explain it, then who is the one copy and pasting? Your just doing it with your mouth.

I am backing up my statements with citations. We have found that this so called Junk DNA which was once a poster child for evolution is not junk after all. Much of this non protein coding parts of our genome are actually responsible for gene regulation and expression filled with master switches and emergent functions that we are just starting to understand. Gene centrism is outdated.

[McTaggStar]

@benthemiester: geographic circumstances, but with the same basic set of biochemical and genetic features. All life is related, and genetics has demonstrated it. If you want specific examples, read up. You are clearly capable. I'm not going to spoon feed you by dispensing all sorts of specific instances.

[McTaggStar]

@benthemiester: a fact usually do ignore facts presented to them that counter what they think is the case. But if you really were such a smarty pants, you'd understand that the entire classification of organisms creates the illusion of rigid differences, when all the differences between organisms are on a continuum. The species concept is a human invention for convenience and scientific rigor. But really, every organism is simply an adaptation to a specific set of chemical, geological, and

[McTaggStar]

@benthemiester: I cannot personally explain it, why don't you ask a professional paleobiologist instead of an undergraduate student? Since you're so good at copying and pasting citations, why don't you study up yourself? I cited the fact that chimps and humans share the vast majority of their DNA, and that they are anatomically, socially, and behaviourally extremely similar, you essentially ignored that fact. And that is what I expected. Smarty-pantses like you who are dead-set against