also: ラミドゥスえんじん
noun
Ardipithecus ramidus
A species of early hominin that lived about 4.4 million years ago. Used in paleoanthropology and related contexts.
ラミダス猿人は、約440万年前に生息していた初期の人類です。
Ardipithecus ramidus is an early hominin that lived about 4.4 million years ago.
Australopithecus is a later genus of hominins; Ardipithecus ramidus is older and more primitive.
From the scientific name Ardipithecus ramidus, via Latin. The Japanese form is a direct transliteration with 猿人 (ape-man) appended.