Was Ardipithecus Ramidus Bipedal?

Ardipithecus ramidus is a species of australopithecine from the Afar region of Early Pliocene Ethiopia 4.4 million years ago (mya). A. ramidus, unlike modern hominids, has adaptations for both walking on two legs (bipedality) and life in the trees (arboreality).

Is Ardipithecus bipedal?

The evolutionary line (or species lineage) leading to modern humans diverged from that leading to living chimpanzees about 7 million years ago. Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and Homo can be thought of as the major phases of human evolution. ... Its species were fully bipedal primates with ape-sized brains.

What is distinct about the bipedalism of Ardipithecus ramidus?

Like most primitive, but unlike all previously recognized hominins, Ardipithecus ramidus had a grasping big toe adapted for locomotion in trees. However, scientists claim that other features of its skeleton reflect adaptation to bipedalism. Like later hominins, Ardipithecus had reduce canine teeth.