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Check out Discovering 'Ardi' this Sunday, October 11, on the Discovery Channel at 9 pm eastern time!
The Hands: Made for Climbing
A digitally rendered composite hand of the "Ardi" partial skeleton. The hand structure suggests "Ardi" could climb trees, using lengthy fingers and big toes for grasping, but it could also walk on the ground in a two-legged manner.
From the Discovery News article:
Myth Busted: Humans Never Evolved From Chimpanzees
Although chimpanzees remain our closest living primate relatives, there is now no evidence that Homo sapiens somehow evolved from chimpanzee-like individuals, losing chimp characteristics over time. Instead, after the chimp/hominid split, the two groups appear to have gone their separate evolutionary ways, developing the unique traits seen in each today.
Will you watch? I'll be traveling, so if you do please post your comments. I'd love to hear what you think!
