1. Ardipithecus Ramidus

2.  Ardi is the oldest (1)
HOMINID fossil ever
discovered.
 She was discovered by Tim
White.
 Ardi is (2) 4.4 million years
old. That is 1.2 million years
older than Lucy.
 Like Lucy, Ardi was
discovered in the Afar
Triangle region of (3)
ETHIOPIA.

3.  Ardi was also much
more complete than
Lucy. Almost all of
Ardi was found.
 She was discovered in
1992 but it took
scientists (4) 17
YEARS to analyze her.
The findings were
released in 2009.
Lucy
Ardi

4.  Ardi was 4 feet tall and 110 pounds.
 She was a (5) BIPED. (She walked upright)
 Ardi is neither a chimpanzee nor a human.
 Ardi (6) FILLS THE GAP between chimpanzees
and Lucy.
Before Ardi and Lucy

5. Ardi Video