Fifty years of Debate on the Origins of Human Bipedalism.

Authors :: Senut, Brigette
Source :: Journal of Biological Research / Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale. 2012, Vol. 85 Issue 1, p37-46. 10p.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: The article discusses issues in the origin of human bipedalism and its importance in the evolution of mankind as of January 2012. Also cited are the various discoveries of fossil hominoid, including the Orrorin tugenensis in Kenya, the Ardipithecus kadabba in Ethiopia, and the Sahelanthropus tchadensis in Chad. Also cited is a study by anatomist Edward Tyson on the anatomies of chimpanzee and humans.

Subjects :: *BIPEDALISM
*HUMAN evolution
*HUMAN attitude & movement
*BIOLOGICAL evolution
*ARDIPITHECUS kadabba
*SAHELANTHROPUS tchadensis
*HUMAN anatomy

Language :: English
ISSN :: 18268838
Volume :: 85
Issue :: 1
Database :: Academic Search Index
Journal :: Journal of Biological Research / Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 102222719
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2012.4062