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4.4 million-year-old fossil discovered is oldest human ancestor
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History
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  • August 28, 2019

3.8-million-year-old cranium of human ancestor discovered

Ardipithecus ramidus, or ‘Ardi,’ lived in what is now Ethiopia.

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