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Ardipithecus kadabba
[ ahr-duh-pith-i-kuhs kuh-dah-buh, ahr-duh-puh-thee-kuhs ]
/ ˌɑr dəˈpɪθ ɪ kəs kəˈdɑ bə, ˌɑr də pəˈθi kəs /
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noun
an extinct species of early hominin whose fossil remains were discovered in Ethiopia in 1997 and have been dated at about 5.6–5.8 million years of age: named as a distinct species in 2004, it is believed to have been bipedal and similar in body and brain size to a chimpanzee.
a fossil belonging to this species.
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Origin of Ardipithecus kadabba
Ardipithecus + Afar kadabba “father of a family, oldest ancestor”; coined in 2004 by Ethiopian paleoanthropologist Yohannes Haile-Selassie Ambaye (born 1961), Japanese paleoanthropologist Gen Suwa (born 1954), and U.S. paleoanthropologist Tim White (born 1950)
Words nearby Ardipithecus kadabba
ardent, ardently, ardent spirits, Ardi, Ardipithecus, Ardipithecus kadabba, Ardipithecus ramidus, Ardmore, ardor, ardour, ARDS
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