In zoology, the term “bipedal” refers to animals that use only two legs for walking. There are several groups of modern ...

Habitual bipedalism is considered as a major breakthrough in human evolution and is the defining feature of hominins. Upright posture is presumably less stable than quadrupedal posture, but when ...

Bipedalism was extremely important to our evolution, but it didn’t make a lot of sense for our ancestors, Lieberman said. Walking on two legs makes an animal slower, more ...

In a surprise twist, the evolution of human bipedalism might have nothing to do with learning to walk on land. By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira Published Dec 14, 2022 4:55 PM EST ...

One of the biggest questions in human evolution asks why humans became habitually bipedal about 7 million years ago. Most of our primate cousins do well walking quadrupedally and switch to two legs ...

Inner ear of extinct ape species is overlooked aspect of human bipedal evolution, ... And then I think of seeing non-human animals respond in that way to these non-verbal stimuli.

New 3D scans of a six-million-year-old Lufengpithecus' skull fossil clarify a potential evolutionary step towards bipedal locomotion. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 29, 2024 11:32 AM EST Get the ...

Our ancestors were walking on two legs 7 MILLION years ago: Ancient human species Sahelanthropus was bipedal – but could also swing through the trees like a monkey, fossil analysis reveals ...

During their 15-month experiment, the researchers observed 13 adult chimpanzees and made note of their movements, such as whether the animals were hanging, walking or climbing.