The PEDIGREE of
Ardepithecus ramidus

Born: 4.7 M BC

Children: Australopithecus afarensis ; poss. Kenyanthropus platyops

Probable Child: Australopithecus africanus
Alternative Father of Probable Child: Australopithecus afarensis, q.v.

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												/	-- Cohort of Epitherials +	====> [ 57]
											/	-- Subcohort [McKenna] Carnivora-Archonta-Ungulata
										/	-- Broad Clade of Archonta (Bat-Ape) and Ungulata (Rat-Beast-Whale)
									/	-- Clade [McKenna] Archonta (Chiroptera-Dermoptera-Primata)
									/		\| OR: prob. Subcohort [Biochem] Glire-Euarchonta +			====> [ 59]
								/	-- Clade (P) Euarchonta
							/	-- Primates, Order (P) of (55 M BC - ?)
						/	-- Suborder of Anthropoid Primates
					/	-- Infraorder of Apes (24? M BC - ?)
				/	-- Superfamily of Great Apes (14 M BC - ?)
			/	-- Clade of Hominid & Gorilla (10 M BC - ?)
		/	-- Family of Hominids (Sahelanthropus tchadensis)
	/	-- prob. Orrorin tugenensis (6.3 M BC - ?)
/	-- Ardipithecus kadabba (5.5 M BC - ?)
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- Ardepithecus ramidus

(poss.) ``3-Great Grandchildren:'' Homo neanderthalis ; Homo sapiens idaltu
(poss.) ``9-Great Grandchildren:'' Man of the Gravettian toolkit ; First Speaker of Austric ; First Speaker of Congo-Nostratic