Other finds at the site show that Ardipithecus lived alongside a menagerie of animals, including antelope, rhinos, monkeys, giraffes and hippos. |
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White in the 1990s, including Ardipithecus ramidus and Ardipithecus kadabba. |
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The earliest bipedal hominin is considered to be either Sahelanthropus or Orrorin, with Ardipithecus, a full bipedal, coming somewhat later. |
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Ardipithecus is situated temporally and cladistically between ancestral apes and later hominids. |
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Some of the extinct members of this family include Gigantopithecus, Orrorin, Ardipithecus, Kenyanthropus, and the australopithecines Australopithecus and Paranthropus. |
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However, a 2017 study on Ardipithecus ramidus challenges this belief. |
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