In 2009, a newly reported Ardipithecus find (a fairly complete skeleton of A. ramidus), dubbed Ardi (4.4 m.y.a.),
A. stood about a foot shorter and weighed half as much as Lucy.
B. replaced Lucy (3.2 m.y.a.) as the earliest known hominin skeleton.
C. is the ancestor of Homo but not australopithecines.
D. is the new undisputed oldest hominin fossil.
E. lived in a dry savanna habitat.
Answer: B
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