Ooga booga! Look see! Bone-man, old, *Ardipithecus ramidus*! Tree climber, maybe walk-walk too. Old, old bones! Tell story.

Big find! Bone-man older than old! Walk like us! Diggers find whole bone-man, not just bits. Wise-ones say this bone-man, Ardi, oldest walker. Ardi old, very old. Older than other old bone-men. Ardi family, maybe our family too. Ardi walk on two legs, like us! No knuckle-dragger. Big news for tribe! Ardi teach us where we come from. Long ago, before fire, before cave paintings, Ardi walk. This bone-man help wise-ones understand how we become us. Big mystery solved! Maybe more bone-men waiting to be found. More story to tell. Oog, mammoth hunter with keen eyes: "Me see diggers find bone-man! Big find!" Boog, fire-keeper with warm hands: "Ardi old. Older than grandpa's grandpa." Chieftain Rock, leader of Boulder Tribe: "Ardi honor our tribe. Big discovery for all cave people." Story by Zug from Caveman Talk Fire, on the scene.