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Which two species belong to the genus Ardipithecus?
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Ardipithecus
Reconstructed frontal view of the skeleton of “Ardi,” a specimen belonging to the early hominid species Ardipithecus ramidus.
The genus Ardipithecus consists of two identified species:
- Ardipithecus ramidus: A species best known from the partial skeleton nicknamed "Ardi," which dates to approximately 4.4 million years ago.123
- Ardipithecus kadabba: An earlier chronospecies that lived between approximately 5.8 and 5.2 million years ago.134