The fossil record seems to indicate that Australopithecus is ancestral to Homo and modern humans. Earlier fossils, such as Orrorin tugenensis, indicate bipedalism around six million years ago, around the time of the split between humans and chimpanzees indicated by genetic studies.
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The fossil record seems to indicate that Australopithecus is ancestral to Homo and modern humans. Earlier fossils, such as Orrorin tugenensis, indicate bipedalism around six million years ago, around the time of the split between humans and chimpanzees indicated by genetic studies.