Did humans EVOLVE from "ARDI"?

Ardipithecus ramidus is an extinct primate whose fossilized remains were first found along the Awash River in Ehiopia about fifteen years ago. Many fragments were collected, including shattered bones from a four-foot-tall female nicknamed "Ardi."

According to the researchers who found her, Ardi spent time as a human ancestor, ... African apes

Another paper viewed Ardi as the source of a new model of hominid evolution...

Yet none of these statements carry meaning without the presupposition of evolution in general, and unless Ardipithecus is presumed to be an ancestor to man.

What do you think? Do we have any evolutionists or anyone that might care to debate this with our moderators?