Fossil Skeleton From Africa Predates Lucy - NYTimes.com
"Ardi, short for Ardipithecus ramidus. At an age of 4.4 million years, it lived well before and was much more primitive than the famous 3.2-million-year-old Lucy, of the species Australopithecus afarensis."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/science/02fossil.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Oldest "Human" Skeleton Found--Disproves "Missing Link"
Move over, Lucy. And kiss the missing link goodbye.
Scientists today announced the discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor. The find reveals that our forebears underwent a previously unknown stage of evolution more than a million years before Lucy, the iconic early human ancestor specimen that walked the Earth 3.2 million years ago."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091001-oldest-human-skeleton-ardi-missing-link-chimps-ardipithecus-ramidus.html
最古の「人類の祖先」はルーシーではなくアルディ(ラミダス猿人) | WIRED VISION
http://wiredvision.jp/news/200910/2009100222.html
"これまで全身に近い人類骨格は、「ルーシー」の愛称を持つ約３２０万年前のアウストラロピテクスのものが最古だった
ラミダス猿人より古い人類化石には、
チャドで見つかったサヘラントロプス・チャデンシス（約７００万年前）、
ケニアで見つかったオロリン・ツゲネンシス（約６００万年前）などがあるが、化石が部分的で姿や生活についてはよくわかっていない。 "
440万年前、最古の人類像 ３６体分、１１０標本
アルディピテクス・ラミダス（ラミダス猿人）：朝日新聞
http://www.asahi.com/science/update/1002/TKY200910010472.html
Scientists decipher missing piece of first-responder DNA repair machine : Berkeley Lab News Center
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/press-releases/2009/10/01/dna-repair-uncovered/
