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MUMBAI:
Discovery Channel, the non-fiction channel from Discovery
Communications stable, is set to present the world television
premiere of 'Discovering Ardi'. The channel will telecast
the two-hour documentary on 11 October.
The
announcement came on the heels of publication in the journal
science on the find and study of a 4.4 million-year-old female
partial skeleton nicknamed 'Ardi'.
In
addition to this, the channel has also announced the launch
of www.discovery.com/ardi, and has also lined up one hour
special 'Understanding Ardi' in collaboration with CBS News
that will be followed by 'Discovering Ardi'.
"Discovery
Channel is excited to tell the story of Ardipithecus ramidus.
In Discovering Ardi, we show viewers the scientific analysis
undertaken by this international team of 47 scientists as
they piece together the hominid bones and link the evidence
of thousands of other animals and plant fossils. The science
in Discovering Ardi is core to our mission and we have taken
great care to tell the story of this amazing scientific find,"
said Discovery Channel president and GM John Ford.
The
show being produced by Rod Paul will start with the 1974 discovery
of Australopithecus afarensis in Hadar, north-eastern Ethiopia.
Nicknamed "Lucy," this 3.2 million year old skeleton
was, at the time, the oldest hominid skeleton ever found.
The
website launched for this initiative features The Ardipithecus
Handbook, an interactive exploring the major elements of the
'Ardi' discovery, which includes A Chronicle of Discovery
featuring images and Bringing "Ardi" to Life, the
exclusive illustrated story.
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