Did Walking On Two Feet Begin With A Shuffle?
Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 21:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A pair of researchers have developed a model that suggests shuffling emerged millions of years ago as a precursor to walking on two feet as a way of saving metabolic energy by a common ancestor of today's primates.
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