The evolution of Bipedality

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"B[FONT=&quot]ipedality, the ability to walk upright on two legs, is a hallmark of human evolution. Many primates can stand up and walk around for short periods of time, but only humans use this posture for their primary mode of locomotion.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Fossils suggests that bipedality may have begun as early as 6 million years ago. But it was with [FONT=&quot]Australopithecus[/FONT], an early hominin who evolved in southern and eastern Africa between 4 and 2 million years ago, that our ancestors took their first steps as committed bipeds. Yet scientists still know little about the circumstances that led to this trait’s emergence."


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Well, the question in evolution is, what advantage did the change impart? I can only guess that, living on an open plain, that it provided early hominins better sight lines, of both prey and predators.
 

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