Ardipithecus ankle study supports African ape-like ancestor for early human locomotion

A new study from Washington University in St. Louis reanalyzes the ankle bones of Ardipithecus ramidus, a 4.4-million-year-old hominin known as 'Ardi,' offering fresh insights into early human evolution. Researchers focused on the talus and calcaneus bones, identifying a talar angle of 14.5°—the hig... [More info]

And here on #Ardipithecus ankles -- the truly transitional early #hominin, still ape-like and climbing with grasping foot but also #bipedal

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-analysis-million-year-ankle-exposes.html

#VideoTitle "Top Four Recent Human Evolution Discoveries", by https://youtube.com/@gutsickgibbon at https://youtu.be/ZJLm5ag7bRw

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[1] Vocal labeling of others by nonhuman primates
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp3757

[2] Early evolution of small body size in Homo floresiensis
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50649-7

[3] A 4.3-million-year-old Australopithecus anamensis mandible from Ileret, East Turkana, Kenya, and its paleoenvironmental context
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248424000873

[4] Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinction
https://www.cell.com/cell-genomics/fulltext/S2666-979X(24)00177-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666979X24001770%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

[5] Spatial sampling bias influences our understanding of early hominin evolution in eastern Africa
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02522-5

[6] Darwin's fear was unjustified: Study suggests fossil record gaps not a major issue
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-darwin-unjustified-fossil-gaps-major.html

[7] Annelid Comparative Genomics and the Evolution of Massive Lineage-Specific Genome Rearrangement in Bilaterians
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/41/9/msae172/7733614?login=false
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[1] #Cognition #cognitiveFunction #Vocalization #vocalCall #Marmoset #Language #Communication #socialCommunication

[2] #HomoGenus #H_floresiensis #H_luzonensis #MataMenge #FloresIsland #Indonesia #middlePleistocene #Pleistocene #homininFossil #Java #H_erectus #60ka #700ka

[3] #homininMandible #EastTurkana #Kenya #4_3Ma #Australopithecus #Au_anamensis #Au_afarensis #Ardipithecus #Ar_ramidus #Anagenesis #Cladogenesis

[4] #Neanderthal #Thorin #Eurasia #Gibraltar #GrotteMandrin #France #50ka #42ka #105ka

[5] #EasternAfricanRiftSystem #EARS #cercopithecinePrimate

[6] #FossilRecord #Simulation #Projection #Resolution

[7] #Genome #Genomics #Recombination #geneticRecombination #Adaptation #Speciation #bilateralSymmetry #Annelida #Clitellata #Leech #Earthworm

Evolution of Humanity (Tama-Kyu)
Written by Guest

4.3 (14 votes)

Review and images by bmathison1972; edited by Suspsy

Prehistoric and primitive hominids are not rare in the animal toy market, but evolutionary sets of them are. The first, and probably the most popular, was called Evolution of Man, produced by Bullyland in 1999. The set featured Dryopithecus, Australopithecus, and four […]

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#Ardipithecus #HomoErectus #HomoNeanderthalensis #HomoSapiens #Orrorin #TamaKyu