Evidence indicates humans' early tree-dwelling ancestors were also bipedal

Friday, March 19, 2010 - 20:21 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Experiments by anthropologists show that fossil footprints made 3.6 million years ago are the earliest direct evidence of early hominids using the kind of efficient, upright posture and gait now seen in modern humans.

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