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The phenomenon of walking upright on two hind limbs, as opposed to using both forelimbs and hind limbs for running, climbing, etc.
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Bipedal motion is one of the features of modern humans that most drastically separates us from other primates and great apes. Several different theories as to how we developed bipedal motion relating to diet, terrain, and morphology have developed and changed over the years as physical evidence has increased and refined the ways we think about hominin bipedalism. With the understanding that some theories have been discarded or severely changed since their debuts, presented here is a full analysis of each of the predominant theories of bipedal motion in humans, including those that have not been reconsidered in several years due to compromising evidence. Additionally, there are certain biological and physiological explanations for bipedal locomotion and how that anatomy...
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Jewell, O. (2018). Bipedal Locomotion. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_305-1
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