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Ardipithecus is a fossil hominoid, described by its discoverers as a very early hominin genus.

Two species are described in the literature: A. ramidus, which lived about 4. 4 million years ago during the early Pliocene, and A. kadabba, dated to approximately 5. 6 million years ago ( late Miocene ).