2. Ardi is the oldest (1)
HOMINID fossil ever
discovered.
She was discovered by Tim
White.
Ardi is (2) 4.4 million years
old. That is 1.2 million years
older than Lucy.
Like Lucy, Ardi was
discovered in the Afar
Triangle region of (3)
ETHIOPIA.
3. Ardi was also much
more complete than
Lucy. Almost all of
Ardi was found.
She was discovered in
1992 but it took
scientists (4) 17
YEARS to analyze her.
The findings were
released in 2009.
Lucy
Ardi
4. Ardi was 4 feet tall and 110 pounds.
She was a (5) BIPED. (She walked upright)
Ardi is neither a chimpanzee nor a human.
Ardi (6) FILLS THE GAP between chimpanzees
and Lucy.
Before Ardi and Lucy
