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Roberto Sáez v. 8/12/2014 nutcrackerman.com
Ardi
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• Reduced cranial capacity (350 cc) similar to Sahelanthropus tchadensis
• Low and rounded braincase • Reduced front • Small, robust, projecting face • Maxillary relatively vertical
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• Canines are less prominent than in apes
• Premolars and molars are smaller than in Australopithecus afarensis
• Enamel is halfway between chimps and Au. afarensis
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nutcrackerman.com
Ardi’s skeleton
Interpretation of Ardi’s
appearance by Jay Matternes
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