Matternes’ reputation was so unparalleled that in 1997 he was called to exclusively illustrate the early human Ardipithecus ramidus. “When I jumped at the chance, [paleoanthropologist Tim White] ...

Jay Matternes Matternes worked in secrecy for years to create the canonical image of the early human Ardipithecus. Jay Matternes Collecting the art for the book was a task in itself. Matternes ...

Published research includes a description of the oldest human ancestor from Ethiopia dated to 6.3 Ma, functional analyses of the postcrania and teeth of the 4.8-4.3 Ma hominin Ardipithecus ramidus, ...

Ardipithecus ramidus, a 4.4 million-year-old fossil, has been found to be related to human linage after many years of heated debate over its identity, reported Science Daily on Jan. 6.