Paleoanthropologist Tim White and his colleagues view Ardipithecus ramidus as representing:
A) the creature at the base of the hominin line
B) a creature that spent an equal amount of time on the ground and in the trees
C) the creature that gave rise to the australopithecines
D) all of the above
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Q25: Sahelanthropus, Orrorin, and Ardipithecus have in common
Q26: We know that Ardiptithecus ramidus walked upright
Q27: Though upright, Ardipithecus ramidus is quite different
Q28: Ardipithecus lived in a habitat best described
Q30: The australopithecines are placed in the taxonomic
Q31: The "First Family" and Lucy are possible
Q32: The single most important consideration for placing
Q33: The name applied to the australopithecine species
Q34: What species is the fossil "Lucy" considered
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