Becoming Human: The Evolution of Walking Upright Walking on two legs distinguished the first hominids from other apes, but scientists still aren’t sure why our ancestors became bipedal ...

Walking on two legs distinguished the first hominids from other apes, but scientists still aren’t sure why our ancestors became bipedal Erin Wayman A trio of upright walkers: Lucy (middle) and ...

Now the challenge -- one of the ultimate questions in the study of human origins -- is to understand why the earliest hominids stood up. "Bipedalism is a fundamental human characteristic," said Dr ...

Now the challenge -- one of the ultimate questions in the study of human origins -- is to understand why the earliest hominids stood up. "Bipedalism is a fundamental human characteristic," said Dr ...

Resolving a long-standing mystery in human evolution, new research indicates that early hominids developed finger dexterity and tool use ability before the development of bipedal locomotion.

A dig more than 20 years ago uncovered the arm and leg bones of one of our oldest known ancestors. New research shows they provide evidence that our ancestors walked on two feet – more than 7 ...

It may well have given rise to bipedal hominids, but it's not yet a bipedal hominid," Dr Pickford told the BBC. The original fossil skull was badly mangled Professor Zollikofer commented: "I would say ...

It may well have given rise to bipedal hominids, but it's not yet a bipedal hominid. Martin Pickford, National Museum of Natural History.

Dan Gebo believes that if we could go back millions of years and see hominids, the early, small-brained humans from which modern humans inherited the ability to move around on two legs, we would se… ...

Humanity has a new older sister. A fossilized skeleton of Ardipithecus ramidus or "Ardi" predates Lucy by over a million years. The discovery has led to ...