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  2. Response to Comment on the Paleobiology and Classification of Ardipithecus ramidus
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Abstract

We assigned Ardipithecus to the Hominidae based on numerous dental, cranial, and postcranial characters. Sarmiento argues that these characters are not exclusive to hominids, contending that Ardipithecus is too old to be cladistically hominid. His alternative phylogeny, however, is unlikely because it requires tortuous, nonparsimonious evolutionary pathways.
Format
Article
Identifier(s)
10.1126/science.1185462
Publication Date
2010-05-28
Publication Title
Science
Volume
328
Issue
5982
First Page
1105
Last Page
1105
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Community
Department of Anthropology
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White, T., Suwa, G., & Lovejoy, C. (2010). Response to Comment on the Paleobiology and Classification of Ardipithecus ramidus. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1185462
White, Tim, Gen Suwa, and C. Lovejoy. 2010. “Response to Comment on the Paleobiology and Classification of Ardipithecus Ramidus”. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1185462.
White, T., G. Suwa, and C. Lovejoy. Response to Comment on the Paleobiology and Classification of Ardipithecus Ramidus. Science, 28 May 2010, doi:10.1126/science.1185462.