This specimen is a cast of the hand from a fossil hominin known as Ardipithecus ramidus. The hand of this specimen shows that A. ramidus had arboreal adaptions. The hand measures 20.9 cm x 11.7 cm x 5 cm.
- Catalog Number:
- 406164
- Object/Specimen Description:
- Specimen Count:
- 1
- Collector:
- T. White & Y. Haile-Selassie
- Precise Locality:
near Awash River
- Locality:
- African Region
- Preparation Type:
- Cast
- Collecting Date:
- 1994
- Collecting Locality:
- Africa, Ethiopia, Afar Region
- Upper Level Taxonomy:
- Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae