To understand why we survived, we need to examine our commonalities with other hominins. Bipedalism, for example, emerged ...

Meet Ardipithecus. This introduction has been a long time coming. Some 4.4 million years ago, a hominid now known as Ardipithecus ramidus lived in what were then forests in Ethiopia. Fifteen years ...

Ardipithecus ramidus is a human ancestor that lived nearly 4.4 million years ago. Our understanding of it is predominantly linked to a partial skeleton found in 2009, nicknamed 'Ardi.' ...

"We don't have Ardipithecus at 20 places," he said. "We would feel much better if we did." Others take issue with the claim that Ardipithecus is a hominid in the first place.

Ardipithecus canines excavated by White’s team validate Lovejoy’s scenario, remarks anthropologist Robert Tague of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

Ardipithecus’s lower face (i.e., the mandible and maxilla, or “muzzle”) does not project as far forward as that of chimpanzees, but more than in Australopithecus.

Tomorrow the Discovery Channel will show an Ardipithecus documentary. I’ve embedded a couple preview clips they’ve been sending around. I don’t have cable myself (the same way an alcoholic ...

“Ardipithecus Ramidus is the scientific name of the first hominid bones found on earth," the 15-year-old said in an emailed statement to USA TODAY.

The skeleton of Ardipithecus ramidus, an ancient fossil dubbed "Ardi," is radically changing our ideas about mankind's origins. Kent State University's C. Owen Lovejoy says Ardi shows our ...

Willow Smith, all grown-up! The 15-year-old singer quietly dropped her debut album, Ardipithecus, on Friday, Dec. 11, proving to fans that she’s come a long way from 2011’s hit “Whip My Hair ...