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According to atheists and evolutionists, '''ardipithecus ramidus''' is an example of the earliest known [[hominin]]s, a group whose members include humans and their ancestors, which evolutionists believe is 4.4 million years old.<ref>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5949/36</ref>   

According to [[Anthropologists]], '''ardipithecus ramidus''' is an example of the earliest known [[hominin]]s, a group whose members include humans and their ancestors, which Athropologists believe is roughly 4.4 million years old.<ref>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5949/36</ref>   

[[Creation scientist]]s disagree with this dating,<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/does-radiometric-dating-prove</ref> citing the [[Radiometric_dating#Acceptance_and_reliability|unreliability]] of the methods used to arrive at such a figure.<ref>http://creation.com/radioactive-dating-failure</ref>

[[Creation scientist]]s disagree with this dating,<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/does-radiometric-dating-prove</ref> citing the [[Radiometric_dating#Acceptance_and_reliability|unreliability]] of the methods used to arrive at such a figure.<ref>http://creation.com/radioactive-dating-failure</ref>

==Evolutionist Theory==

==Anthropologist Theory==

According to ''Science'' magazine, ''ardipithecus'' is not the oldest putative hominin, but it is by far the most complete of the earliest specimens. The most recent find includes most of the skull and teeth, as well as the pelvis, hands, and feet and reveal an "intermediate" form of upright walking, considered a hallmark of hominins.  Paleoanthropologist Andrew Hill of Yale University is quoted as saying, "We thought Lucy was the find of the century but, in retrospect, it isn't."  There is not yet a consensus on the validity concerning the ability of Ardipithecus to walk upright as some anthropologists are stating there is only circumstantial evidence for upright walking.  Debate about Ardipithecus's locomotion and identity evolves but she provides the first hard evidence about the ancient hominins.  <ref>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5949/36</ref>  

According to ''Science'' magazine, ''ardipithecus'' is not the oldest putative hominin, but it is by far the most complete of the earliest specimens. The most recent find includes most of the skull and teeth, as well as the pelvis, hands, and feet and reveal an "intermediate" form of upright walking, considered a hallmark of hominins.  Paleoanthropologist Andrew Hill of Yale University is quoted as saying, "We thought Lucy was the find of the century but, in retrospect, it isn't."  There is not yet a consensus on the validity concerning the ability of Ardipithecus to walk upright as some anthropologists are stating there is only circumstantial evidence for upright walking.  Debate about Ardipithecus's locomotion and identity evolves but she provides the first hard evidence about the ancient hominins.  <ref>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5949/36</ref>