Ardi Fossil Discovery: New Human-Evolution Puzzle Piece - TIME

Ardi Fossil Discovery: New Human-Evolution Puzzle Piece - TIME: "the surprising thing is that she bears little resemblance to chimpanzees, our closest living primate relatives. The elusive common ancestor's bones have never been found, but scientists, working from the evidence available — especially analyses of Australopithecus and modern African apes — envisioned Great-Great-Grandpa to have looked most nearly like a knuckle-walking, tree-swinging ape. But '[Ardi is] not chimplike"