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Oct 1, 2009 10:52 pm US/Central

Good To Know: 'Ardi' Changes Face Of Anthropology

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Don Shelby
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ― Anyone who doesn't believe in evolution should probably not watch this next segment. A new human ancestor fossil has been found in Ethiopia, and it is a million years older than the oldest human-like relic ever found. Don says, the discovery turns anthropology on its head.

This is Ardi. Actually, it is a fairly modern drawing of what paleoanthropologists think Ardi might have looked like.

Ardi is short for Ardipithecus ramidus. She is a million years older than Lucy, who has been making the rounds of national museums.

Here's why evolutionists think she is such a big deal.

Yesterday, science used to think man descended from ancient chimpanzees. Now, Ardi is proof that both humans and chimpanzees evolved from a common ancestor. So, Ardi is not really human, and not really an ape.

For those of you who always held some shame that science said we descended for the chimp, you can take a deep breath -- but only one of them.

The new discovery suggests we came from something before the chimpanzee existed. Of course that is just science, so you can do with it what you will. But, really, don't you think there's kind of a resemblance?

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