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sciencemag.org (Memento vom 2. November 2009 im Internet Archive): Titelbild der Fachzeitschrift Science (Band 326, Nr. 5949) vom 2. Oktober 2009 mit einer vollständigen Übersicht über die gefundenen Knochen von Ardi.