3 and Dataset S1). These traits reflect a relative broadening of the central basicranium, a derived condition associated with changes in tympanic shape and the extent of its contact with the petrous. I t has short posterior cranial base, relative to chimpanzees, along with strong indications of an anteriorly placed foramen magnum, meaning the skull sat on top of the spine. For our comparative samples of chimpanzee, gorilla, and human crania, we calculated the ratio between the distance from basion to a line connecting the summits of the entoglenoid processes at the medial end of the mandibular fossae (“basion-bientoglenoid length,” which can be directly measured on ARA-VP 1/500), and basion-hormion length. Within Australopithecus, the longest tympanics belong to Au. Besides a relatively anterior foramen magnum, humans differ from apes in the lateral shift of the carotid foramina, mediolateral abbreviation of the lateral tympanic, and a shortened, trapezoidal basioccipital element. The early Pliocene African hominoid Ardipithecus ramidus was diagnosed as a having a unique phylogenetic relationship with the Australopithecus + Homo clade based on nonhoning canine teeth, a foreshortened cranial base, and postcranial characters related to facultative bipedality. We do not capture any email address. I had a small cranial capacity. The foramen magnum does not point to locomotor adaptation 5 minute read Aidan Ruth and colleagues in the Journal of Human Evolution have an interesting paper with the seemingly counter-intuitive result that foramen magnum orientation does not relate to locomotor pattern.They consider several mammal groups in which some species have more vertical or orthograde posture and others a … ramidus for additional clues to its phylogenetic position with reference to African apes, humans, and Australopithecus. Ar. Ardipithecus ramidus (“ramid” means root in the Afar language) is currently the best known of the earliest hominins (Figure 9.8). However, this condition is linked to the effects of a dramatic posterior elongation of the occipital lobe of the telencephalon in this small-bodied, relatively large-brained platyrrhine (19, 22). In contrast, in the apes (and many other primates) the basioccipital is more rectangular, reflecting the proportional differences in the basicranium of these species. The cranium of Ardipithecus ramidus, an early Pliocene (4.4 Ma) hominoid from Ethiopia, was shown to have a relatively anterior foramen magnum on a short basicranium, corroborating evidence of nonhoning canine teeth and terrestrial bipedality for phylogenetic attribution of this taxon. Dated to 4.4 mya, Ar. afarensis, the cranial base is relatively short, with an anterior foramen magnum, and internally flexed. Author contributions: W.H.K. ARA-VP 1/500 is confirmed by these results to have a relatively short basicranium, which is shared only with Homo and Australopithecus among hominoids. publisher = "National Academy of Sciences", CLAS-SS: Human Origins, Institute of (IHO), CLAS-SS: Human Evolution and Social Change, School of (SHESC), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Basal view of Ar. Here it frequently anchors the origins of levator veli palatini and tensor veli palatini muscles (18). a bit back. As the original differential diagnosis of Ar. short and broad. (10), using a different method to estimate basicranial length (SI Text, Note 3), the ARA-VP 1/500 paratype cranium of Ar. title = "Ardipithecus ramidus and the evolution of the human cranial base". DATE: 4.4 million years ago ramidus, Australopithecus (including Paranthropus of some authors), and mixed-sex samples of extant African hominoid (Gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus) and modern human skulls (SI Text, Note 1). The appearance of human-like basicranial anatomy in Ar. NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. The petrous elements are incomplete but their articulation with the tympanics is preserved. Again, there is no doubt that its similarity lies with the diagonally oriented petrous of the Australopithecus + Homo clade. Age: 5.8 – 4.4 mya (Early Pliocene) Remains were dated using volcanic material found in the vicinity of the fossils. ramidus is confirmed to have a relatively short basicranium, as in Australopithecus and Homo. However, pedal and pelvic traits indicating substantial arboreality have raised arguments that this taxon may instead be an example of parallel evolution of human-like traits among apes around the time of the chimpanzee-human split. Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas. @article{4ebb05ba76e54b7797db7afcd34ee8f9. ramidus material exhibits a mosaic of primitive and derived features, including a fully abductable hallux (primitive), relatively inflexible midfoot (derived), arms and legs of similar proportions (primitive), relatively broad iliac ala (derived), and an inferiorly placed foramen magnum 8-10,31,32. Ardipithecus. Besides a relatively anterior foramen magnum, humans differ from apes in the lateral shift of the carotid foramina, mediolateral abbreviation of the lateral tympanic, and a shortened, trapezoidal basioccipital element. ramidus shares with Australopithecus each of these human-like modifications. Ardipithecus ramidus. As the tympanic extends medially in the generalized hominoid configuration (Fig. The margin of the foramen magnum includes the anterior midline point (basion), constituting the posterior end of the external basicranial length. like an ape- tall. Suwa et al. The finding of additional shared basicranial modifications would support the hypothesis of phylogenetic affinity and weaken the alternative hypothesis of homoplasy as an explanation for human-like basicranial morphology. Ardipithecus ramidus and the evolution of the human cranial base. S2). We used the preserved morphology of ARA-VP 1/500 to estimate the missing basicranial length, drawing on consistent proportional relationships in apes and humans. Ar. ramidus is confirmed to have a relatively short basicranium, as in Australopithecus and Homo. This feature indicates that the head of Sahelanthropus was held on an upright body, probably associated with walking on two legs. ramidus. However, pedal and pelvic traits indicating substantial arboreality have raised arguments that this taxon may instead be an example of parallel evolution of human-like traits among apes around the time of the chimpanzee–human split. The tympanic rarely extends medially past the carotid foramen to any significant degree, and so leaves the basal surface of the petrous almost completely uncovered. In place of the anteriorly projecting eustachian process observed in the apes, a prominent posterior angle of the sphenoid bone (bearing the sphenoid spine) abuts the petrous laterally and makes a substantial contribution to the entoglenoid process of the temporal squama, bounding the mandibular fossa medially. This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1322639111/-/DCSupplemental. S2. ramidus was found in Ethiopia (in the Middle Awash region and in Gona). The first species of ardipith to be discovered in the area was Ar. However, pedal and pelvic traits indicating substantial arboreality have raised arguments that this taxon may instead be an example of parallel evolution of human-like traits among apes around the time of the chimpanzee-human split. At the same time, pelvic and pedal characters indicate that Ar. / Kimbel, William; Suwa, Gen; Asfaw, Berhane; Rak, Yoel; White, Tim D. T1 - Ardipithecus ramidus and the evolution of the human cranial base. designed and performed research; W.H.K., G.S., B.A., Y.R., and T.D.W. author = "William Kimbel and Gen Suwa and Berhane Asfaw and Yoel Rak and White, {Tim D.}". In ARA-VP 1/500, the basioccipital does not preserve its synchondrosal articulation with the sphenoid bone anteriorly, but the short, trapezoidal outline of the element is obvious (as it is also on the otherwise poorly preserved basicranium of a second adult Ar. I lived about 6 mya in eastern Africa. The phylogenetically derived central cranial base configuration of the Ar. ramidus cranium presents a strong contrast with the primitive anatomy of other parts of the skull, including some of the more peripheral parts of the base, such as the glenoid region of the temporal bone, with its flat mandibular fossa and small-caliber tympanic tube (7, 10). In all of these respects, Ar. Get the plugin now. ramidus shares with Australopithecus each of these human-like modifications. S1). kadabba, Orrorin tugenensis, and Sahelanthropus tchadensis) firmly nested Ar. Similarly, a flexed cranial base as we find in Ar. The authors declare no conflict of interest. the foramen magnum is centrally located on the basicranium. They had a brain size similar to that of chimps, between 300 and 350cc. The Ar. Here we investigated the basicranial morphology of Ar. The species dates to several million years after the split between hominins and chimps (approximately 7.5-9.5mya). Several features of its face and the base of the skull identify it as a hominid. William Kimbel, Gen Suwa ... humans, and Australopithecus. Compared to apes however, Ar. In the great ape samples the bicarotid breadth constitutes (on average) 35–39% of external basicranial breadth, whereas in our modern human sample the bicarotid breadth constitutes ∼49% of external basicranial breadth (Fig. Ardi possesses a small cranial cavity comparable to that of a chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes) and has long arms and fingers, opposable … This finding most likely reflects, in part, the absolute brain enlargement that subsequently occurred in the Homo lineage, with fewer apparent constraints on the mediolateral expansion of the base than on changes along its anteroposterior axis. The foramen magnum is more centrally located than it is in chimpanzees. ramidus for additional clues to its phylogenetic position with reference to African apes, humans, and Australopithecus. Besides a relatively anterior foramen magnum, humans differ from apes in the lateral shift of the carotid foramina, mediolateral abbreviation of the lateral tympanic, and a shortened, trapezoidal basioccipital element. ramidus, a species with an ape-size brain whose locomotion bridged the gap between arboreal quadrumanual clambering and terrestrial bipedality, affords an opportunity to refocus research on the etiology of these evolutionary changes in human skull structure. Despite this projection, the lateral shift of the carotid foramina in these species yields a much shorter relative tympanic length than in the great majority of apes. Suwa et al. The derived anatomy of the Ar. The human cranial base features a mediolaterally shorter tympanic element (approximately 18% of biauricular breadth) than the apes’ (28–32%), and Australopithecus again falls intermediate between the two (24%; as before, all Student t test results are significant) (Fig. Crania of Australopithecus species show the human pattern (Fig. 1 and SI Text, Note 2). We analyzed the length and breadth of the external cranial base and the structural relationship between the petrous and tympanic elements of the temporal bone in Ar. However, the nuchal plane of the occipital bone, anchoring the neck muscle insertions at the posterior end of the cranium, often rises steeply to a high position on the back of the braincase in an apelike manner (6). The broad, short basicranium is associated with other changes in the cranial base that can be inferred for Ar. When Ardipithecus Ramidus was recovered in 1994 it was thought to be a simple addition to the already established genus Australopithecus. 2 legend for explanation. ramidus and Australopithecus. Ar. Here we investigated the basicranial morphology of Ar. The eustachian process is variably developed in Australopithecus, suggesting that the tensor veli palatini muscle had not migrated as far laterally as in later Homo (18). In ARA-VP 1/500, a developed posterior angle of the sphenoid is also evident (Fig. The muscles of the prevertebral and upper pharyngeal region, The position of the occipital condyles and of the face relative to the skull base in primates, Position and orientation of the foramen magnum in higher primates, A geometric morphometric analysis of heterochrony in the cranium of chimpanzees and bonobos, The evolution of the brain of primates: Its influence on the form of the skull, Basicranial flexion, relative brain size, and facial kyphosis in, Basicranial architecture and relative brain size of Sts 5 (, On the position and displacement of the foramen magnum in the primates, Über Korrelationen in der phylogenetischen Entwicklung der Schädelform II. Our investigation of the basicranium shows that Ar. Box-and-whisker plot of relative tympanic length. ramidus cranial base is so pervasive and detailed that we find it difficult to agree with the suggestion that it just as likely reflects homoplastic similarity to, rather than true kinship with, the Australopithecus + Homo clade (15, 17). See Fig. We used the preserved morphology of ARA-VP 1/500 to estimate the missing basicranial length, drawing on consistent proportional relationships in apes and humans. The best-preserved basicranial specimen of Ar. Here, the eustachian process extends the tympanic’s long axis medially, often well past the laterally shifted carotid foramen, where it overlaps some 30–40% of the petrous element’s length. The ARA-VP 1/500 value (24%) is identical to the Australopithecus mean, which is matched by no ape cranium in our sample. UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84892943851&partnerID=8YFLogxK, UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84892943851&partnerID=8YFLogxK, JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Powered by Pure, Scopus & Elsevier Fingerprint Engine™ © 2021 Elsevier B.V, "We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content. Indirect support for this view comes from the skulls of primates that are frequently cited as examples of parallel evolution of human-like cranial base morphology. This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Here we investigated the basicranial morphology of Ar. N2 - The early Pliocene African hominoid Ardipithecus ramidus was diagnosed as a having a unique phylogenetic relationship with the Australopithecus + Homo clade based on nonhoning canine teeth, a foreshortened cranial base, and postcranial characters related to facultative bipedality. Individual fossil specimen and comparative sample data are provided in Dataset S1. This strongly mosaic pattern of anatomical change highlights the suggestion that basicranial evolution in humans has been constrained in relative length and internal flexion to avoid “occlud[ing] the airway and disturb[ing] the functional relationships in the masticatory apparatus” (24). ramidus individual, ARA-VP 6/500) (10). Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on PNAS. Although the petrous in ARA-VP 1/500 is broken (Fig. These traits reflect a relative broadening of the central basicranium, a derived condition associated with changes in tympanic shape and the extent of its contact with the petrous. Ar. In the 15 years that followed, the hominid status of Ardipithecus became widely accepted and strengthened when independent numerical cladistic analyses (that also included the more recently established taxa Au. Here we investigated the basicranial morphology of Ar. Remove this presentation Flag as Inappropriate I Don't Like This I like this Remember as a Favorite. 7). Anterior to its foramen magnum, the base is very long and unflexed, as in most other primates (2, 23). Like common chimpanzees, A. ramidus was much more prognathic than modern humans. We used the preserved morphology of ARA-VP 1/500 to estimate the missing basicranial length, drawing on consistent proportional relationships in apes and humans. CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing can improve the effectiveness of spermatogonial stem cell transplantation in mice and livestock, a study finds. These similarities support the proposed relationship of Ar. See Fig. ramidus mandible is similar to those of Sahelanthropus and Ar. On the other hand, our data show that between Australopithecus and modern humans, there has been a secondary increase in the breadth of the central base (as seen in the increased relative distance between larger carotid foramina). Reorganization of the central cranial base is among the earliest morphological markers of the Ardipithecus + Australopithecus + Homo clade.". Type specimen: ARA-VP-6/1 (holotype); Ardipithecus ramidus was discovered in December 1992. ramidus shares with Australopithecus each of these human-like modifications. Box-and-whisker plot of relative length of the external basicranium. 417–1c; and (C) chimpanzee. Within the Australopithecus sample, the “robust” species Australopithecus boisei and Australopithecus robustus tend to have the largest bicarotid distances, as previously found by Dean and Wood (3). My femurs had long necks with grooves for my obturator externus muscles. Orrorin tugenensis 2. Significance The Pliocene (4.4 Ma) hominoid species Ardipithecus ramidus has been linked phylogenetically to the Australopithecus + Homo clade by nonhoning canines, a short basicranium, and postcranial features related to bipedality. It is expected that as the carotid canal shifted laterally, the tympanic length (measured from lateral margin to carotid foramen) would diminish concomitantly. The basicranium is similar to that of Ardipithecus (Brunet, 2002, Wong, 2003). More model information. From fossil skulls to tool technologies, the history of the hominids is written in stone. When combined with our data showing that ARA-VP 1/500 also possesses a broad central basicranium and a consequently abbreviated tympanic element, a pattern emerges that is fundamentally like that of Australopithecus and derived in the direction of modern humans. Here we investigated the basicranial morphology of Ar. (Another branch or root of all hominoids) New Genus = New Species. Subsequent excavation revealed a rare find of a partially complete skeleton dating a million years before the genus Australopithecus and being one of the oldest partially complete fossils in the world. As such, it has a mix of ape-like and hominin characteristics. ramidus may be an example of putatively widespread parallel evolution (homoplasy) of human-like traits among great apes around the time of the split between the chimpanzee and human lineages (15⇓–17). Known as "Ardi", Ar. For example, whereas the foramen magnum of the neurocranially “pedomorphic” bonobo (P. pansicus) skull tends to be located slightly more anterior than in the chimpanzee (19⇓–21), its external base is relatively just as long and narrow as in the other African apes, and none of the derived tympanic and petrous anatomy is present (Fig. Therefore Ardipithecus ramidus should be a biped and ultimately a hominin. En un primer moment aquell homínid de 40 kg de massa i 122 cm d'alçada va ser inclós dins del gènere Australopithecus, però set mesos després de l'aparició del primer article, es va crear un nou gènere per encabir-lo, passant a denominar-se Ardipithecus (mico de terra) ramidus, mot provinent de la llengua Afar i que significa arrel. As previously demonstrated by Suwa et al. In these cases, sufficiently close inspection of the larger anatomical context reveals the logical basis for identifying homoplasy as the most likely explanation for the observed similarity (e.g., via scaling effects of small body size in Saimiri). Note tip of eustachian process is darkened by abrasion of surface bone. This repository will serve as a visual assist in the recognition of the type specimens for students just beginning their life-long interest in our fossil ancestors. The skull of Ar. The crania of Ardipithecus and Australopithecus show that in relative length and midsagittal flexion, a condition closely approaching that of modern humans, was already present in the Pliocene. 6). ramidus for additional clues to its phylogenetic position with reference to African apes, humans, and Australopithecus. (10) also inferred from the orientation of the basioccipital element that the ARA-VP 1/500 cranial base axis was ventrally flexed, as in Australopithecus and Homo, based on a composite reconstruction that joined a slightly scaled-down but otherwise unmodified ARA-VP 1/500 to the face and braincase of a second adult individual (ARA-VP 6/500). Thus, with Australopithecus, Ar. Australopithecus afarensis-distal femoral shape. Our sample of nine Australopithecus crania, with a mean value of 43.6%, is intermediate, overlapping the ends of both the ape and human distributions (Student t tests are significant for all ape vs. human, Australopithecus vs. human, and Australopithecus vs. ape comparisons) (Fig. Live. Because of the posteriorly divergent margins of the basioccipital element, the openings of the hypoglossal canals, located just anterolateral to the foramen magnum, are similarly far apart on the base. ramidus, ARA-VP 1/500, comprises two nonarticulating temporo-occipital portions spanning the skull’s midline. The parallel rows of teeth are similar to a chimp, while the … Ardipithecus. and G.S. ramidus is confirmed to have a relatively short basicranium, as in Australopithecus and Homo. Reorganization of the central cranial base is among the earliest morphological markers of the Ardipithecus + Australopithecus + Homo clade. cf, carotid foramen; ba, basion, the midline point on the anterior margin of foramen magnum. Researchers are still trying to understand what causes this strong correlation between neural and social networks. This finding is indeed the case (Fig. more centered. Ardipithecus ramidus had a small brain, measuring between 300 and 350 cm 3.This is slightly smaller than a modern bonobo or female common chimpanzee brain, but much smaller than the brain of australopithecines like Lucy (~400 to 550 cm 3) and roughly 20% the size of the modern Homo sapiens brain. S2), including that of orangutans and gibbons, it bends sharply anteriorly to terminate in a prominent projection (the eustachian process) that forms the bony floor of the cartilaginous eustachian tube lateral to the petrous element. ramidus (Kimbel et al., 2014) is associated with erect posture, a configuration in which basion and the foramen magnum do not migrate backwards throughout ontogeny as they do in chimpanzees. From the modern human perspective, we can see that at least 4 million y of dramatic evolution of the skull (and the soft tissues it encloses and supports) did not affect the fundamental structure of the central basicranium. However, pedal and pelvic traits indicating substantial arboreality have raised arguments that this taxon may instead be an example of parallel evolution of human-like traits among apes around the time of the chimpanzee-human split. In Australopithecus and Homo the shape of the basioccipital element, which spans most of the external basicranial length, is an anteroposteriorly abbreviated trapezoid, much wider immediately in front of the foramen magnum than further anteriorly (at the level of the spheno-occipital synchondrosis). Dotted line indicates midline. The Pliocene (4.4 Ma) hominoid species Ardipithecus ramidus has been linked phylogenetically to the Australopithecus + Homo clade by nonhoning canines, a short basicranium, and postcranial features related to bipedality. ramidus (4.4 mya), and the second … However, aspects of the foot and pelvis indicative of arboreal locomotion have raised arguments that this taxon may instead exemplify parallel evolution of human-like traits among apes around the time of the chimpanzee-human split. Why or why not? 4A and Fig. Ardipithecus ramidus is a species of australopithecine from the Afar region of Early Pliocene Ethiopia 4.4 million years ago (mya). Ardipithecus ramidus (Australopithecus ramidus was renamed Ardipithecus ramidus; White, 1994). II. Australopithecus afarensis-foramen magnum. The sample mean ratios varied over a narrow range, from 0.61 in human females to 0.56 in chimpanzee males, but within each sample, the values distributed widely and their ranges broadly overlapped (Dataset S2). Reorganization of the central basicranium is among the earliest morphological attributes of this group. Actions. ramidus (5.8–4.4 mya), a primate from Aramis, central Ethiopia, and one of the two fossil species of Ardipithecus, was also bipedal. We used the preserved morphology of ARA-VP 1/500 to estimate the missing basicranial length, drawing on consistent proportional relationships in apes and humans. The foramen magnum (the large opening where the spinal cord exits out of the cranium from the brain) is located further forward (on the underside of the cranium) than in apes or any other primate except humans. ramidus cranium ARA-VP 1/500. In humans, the foramen magnum and occipital condyles are more anteriorly located, the midline basicranial axis is relatively short anteroposteriorly and strongly “flexed” internally, and the bilateral structures marking vascular and neural pathways through the central part of the base are more widely separated. This organization alters the relationships between the petrous and tympanic parts of the temporal bone. This hotbed of hominin fossils is the northern limit of the East African Rift Zone, where the Arabian and African plates converge. cf, carotid foramen; ba, basion, the midline point on the anterior margin of foramen magnum. ramidus for additional clues to its phylogenetic position with reference to African apes, humans, and Australopithecus. This pattern of change is consistent with the hypothesis of developmental modularity in the evolutionary emergence of human cranial base form (27). As the confluence of the neural, locomotor, and masticatory systems, the cranial base has been the site of profound structural change in human evolution. The location of the foramen magnum, with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cranium, ... T. D. White, Ardipithecus ramidus and the evolution of the human cranial base, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10.1073/pnas.1322639111, 111, 3, (948-953), (2014). Ardipithecus ramidus, or “Ardi” is one of these famous icons, supposedly holding the “4 to 5 million years ago” time slot. ramidus conforms to the pattern shared by both modern humans and Australopithecus. The external cranial base breadth of ARA-VP 1/500 (110 mm) approximates the average value for our sample of chimpanzee females (Dataset S1), yet its relative bicarotid breadth value (45.7%) falls in the upper part of the Australopithecus range, and just within the range of our modern human sample. In light of recent results, they’re not so sure. A. ramidus, unlike modern hominids, has adaptations for both walking on two legs and life in the trees (arboreality).However, it would not have been as efficient at bipedality as humans, nor at arboreality as non-human great apes. N1 - Copyright: Dotted line indicates midline. We report here results of a metrical and morphological study of the Ar. The cranium of Ardipithecus ramidus, an early Pliocene (4.4 Ma) hominoid from Ethiopia, was shown to have a relatively anterior foramen magnum on a short basicranium, corroborating evidence of nonhoning canine teeth and terrestrial bipedality for phylogenetic attribution of this taxon. analyzed data and wrote the paper. ramidus is shown here to have an anteroposteriorly short cranial base. Ar. The early Pliocene African hominoid Ardipithecus ramidus was diagnosed as a having a unique phylogenetic relationship with the Australopithecus + Homo clade based on nonhoning canine teeth, a foreshortened cranial base, and postcranial characters related to facultative bipedality. 2020-11-01T03:13:05-08:00 As previously demonstrated by Suwa et al. abstract = "The early Pliocene African hominoid Ardipithecus ramidus was diagnosed as a having a unique phylogenetic relationship with the Australopithecus + Homo clade based on nonhoning canine teeth, a foreshortened cranial base, and postcranial characters related to facultative bipedality. For example, in Au. Also there is a single toe bone ( phalanx ) of A. r. kadabba that … The phylogenetically derived overlap of the tympanic and the petrous elements of the temporal bone, the prominent posterior sphenoid angle, and the inferred diagonal orientation of the petrous on the external basicranium, strongly reinforce this pattern of affinity. The outcome has important implications for understanding the functional-adaptive foundations of basicranial evolution in Australopithecus and Homo. Well adapted bi-ped Slideshow 3950060 by kassia ramidus is confirmed to have a relatively short basicranium, as in Australopithecus and Homo. Despite the evidence for a unique phylogenetic relationship with the Australopithecus + Homo clade, it has been argued that Ar. Ar. Deposits within the Afar triangle/depression of Ethiopia (see Figure 8.2) have yielded multiple hominin species within the genera Ardipithecus and Australopithecus. The specimen is insufficiently complete to permit direct measurement of external cranial base length, from basion forward to hormion (the posterior midline point of the vomer’s intersection with the basisphenoid). Ar. 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