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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