Oldest Skeleton Of A Human Ancestor, Ardipithecus Ramidus, Found In Ethiopia

A skeleton believed to be the fossil of the human oldest ancestor that lived 4.4 million years was discovered by a group of paleoanthropologists led by an American anthropologist, Tim D. White, in 1994. Ardipithecus ramidus, as named, was discovered along the West of Awash River, Afar region, Aramis, in Ethiopia. The fossil’s name was…