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Oldest human ancestor skeleton unveiled

By Clive Cookson, Science Editor

Published: October 1 2009 15:33 | Last updated: October 1 2009 15:33

Before Lucy came Ardi. Ardi, who lived in Ethiopian woodlands 4.4m years ago, was unveiled on Thursday in a landmark series of palaeontology papers in the journal Science.

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