quadruped 'four feet'. Limited and exclusive bipedalism can offer a species several advantages. Bipedalism raises the head; this allows a greater field...

facultatively bipedal species employ different types of bipedalism corresponding to the varying reasons they have for engaging in facultative bipedalism. In primates...

less costly than both quadrupedal and bipedal walking in chimpanzees. Some hypotheses have supported that bipedalism increased the energetic efficiency of...

Geosciences, Roberto Macchiarelli, who considered it to be inconsistent with bipedalism contra what Brunet et al. had earlier stated in their description analysing...

studies Orrorin tugenensis is a basal hominid that adapted an early form of bipedalism. Based on the structure of its femoral head it still exhibited some arboreal...

arboreal type of bipedalism. The evolution of bipedalism encouraged multiple changes among hominins especially when it came to bipedalism in humans as they...

There are several theories of the adaptation value of bipedalism. It is possible that bipedalism was favored because it freed the hands for reaching and...

characteristics of modern humans such as functional hairlessness and bipedalism. The popular science writer Elaine Morgan supported this hypothesis in...

evidence of hominin bipedalism at that time. Subsequently, older Ardipithecus ramidus fossils were found with features that suggest bipedalism. With the footprints...

that it is not directly caused by a physiological change to bipedalism may suggest bipedalism was not, at least, the sole cause of concealed ovulation in...

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Nonetheless, it remains a matter of controversy as to how bipedalism first emerged. The advantages of bipedalism were that it left the hands free to grasp objects...

spectrum-binocular vision (i.e. having two eyes), or biomechanic plantigrade-bipedalism (i.e. the ability to walk on heels and metatarsals in an upright position)...

have traits similar to that of human beings including upright stance, bipedalism, opposable thumbs, facial features, etc. Annihilus is number 94 Archived...

she inhabited a forest type of environment, contrary to the theory that bipedalism originated in savannahs. Ardi was not the first fossil of A. ramidus to...

large penises as well as large breasts. Furthermore, early humans adopted bipedalism and face-to-face coitus. He therefore suggested enlarged sexual signals...

genus Homo. They are great apes characterized by their hairlessness, bipedalism, and high intelligence. Humans have large brains, enabling more advanced...

earliest hominids indicates that bipedalism evolved from an ancestor already adapted for terrestrial locomotion. ... Pre-bipedal locomotion is probably best...

of making beneficial multi-group alliances. The evolutionary switch to bipedalism may have influenced the origins of music. The background is that noise...

the pubic area for emitting body odor, which may be related to human bipedalism. Anatomically, the boundaries of the axilla are: The lower posterior boundary...

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both hanging in trees (suspensory behavior) and walking on two legs (bipedalism)—whereas, among present-day great apes, humans are better adapted for...

that was bipedal and upright, akin to that of humans (and other hominins); this combination supports the view of human evolution that bipedalism preceded...

savannah hypothesis (or savanna hypothesis) is a hypothesis that human bipedalism evolved as a direct result of human ancestors' transition from an arboreal...

Modern humans have morphologically evolved to survive as bipeds, however, bipedalism has resulted in skeletal changes that have consequently narrowed the pelvis...

Clarisse, N. D. (2022). "Postcranial evidence of late Miocene hominin bipedalism in Chad". Nature. 609 (7925): 94–100. Bibcode:2022Natur.609...94D. doi:10...

geographical ranges. Another notable behavior of the T. torquatus is occasional bipedal locomotion. It can run relatively quickly on its hind feet for a limited...

orangutans), human anatomy suggests that brachiation may be an exaptation to bipedalism, and healthy modern humans are still capable of brachiating. Some children's...

volume alone for savanna mammals, evolved no body hair after evolving bipedalism, which he said reduced the amount of body area exposed to the sun by 40%...

team has proposed that romantic love may have evolved around the time of bipedalism, when new mothers needed additional protection and provision while having...