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A. ramidus was named in September 1994.
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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 ).
In 1992 – 1993 a research team headed by Tim White discovered the first A. ramidus fossils — seventeen fragments including skull, mandible, teeth and arm bones — from the Afar Depression in the Middle Awash river valley of Ethiopia.
Between 1999 and 2003, a multidisciplinary team led by Sileshi Semaw discovered bones and teeth of nine A. ramidus individuals at As Duma in the Gona Western Margin of Ethiopia's Afar Region.
A. ramidus had a more primitive walking ability than later hominids, and could not walk or run for long distances.
It has been described as a " probable chronospecies " ( i. e. ancestor ) of A. ramidus.
Although originally considered a subspecies of A. ramidus, in 2004 anthropologists Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Gen Suwa, and Tim D. White published an article elevating A. kadabba to species level on the basis of newly-discovered teeth from Ethiopia.
These teeth show " primitive morphology and wear pattern " which demonstrate that A. kadabba is a distinct species from A. ramidus.
The toe and pelvic structure of A. ramidus suggest to some researchers that the creature walked upright.
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The best antidote for the bitterness and disappointment that poisoned him was hard work.
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each day the hurt was a little duller, a little less poignant.
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The grass in the meadows came fast, now that the warm weather was here.
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A friend of Pat's named Frank Sposato had just muscled into the Portwatchers' Union.
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