Humans began walking upright to carry scarce resources, chimp study suggests
Friday, March 23, 2012 - 14:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Most of us walk and carry items in our hands every day. These are seemingly simple activities that the majority of us don't question. But scientists have discovered that human bipedalism, or walking upright, may have originated millions of years ago as an adaptation to carrying scarce, high-quality resources.
