Big news out of the scientific community today, as the world’s oldest human skeleton has been unearthed in Ethiopia.

The big news in the journal Science tomorrow is the discovery of the oldest human skeleton–a small-brained, 110-pound female of the species Ardipithecus ramidus, nicknamed “Ardi.” She lived in what is now Ethiopia 4.4 million years ago, which makes her over a million years older than the famous “Lucy” fossil, found in the same region thirty-five years ago.

Now, of course, it’s only a matter of time before every religion on the planet releases their own interpretation of why this find must be an elaborate fake, a genetic mutation or put there by God on purpose to mess with us.

But for the rest of us who actually respect this as a huge scientific find, it’s very interesting to see just how much of a missing link this really is. Ardi walked on two legs on the ground, but still had the ability to swing around trees with all four limbs. If that’ not a monkey human hybrid, I’m not sure what is.

Read more about Ardi here over at National Geographic.