Hominid footprint
from Laetoli, Tanzania
3.7 m.y.a.

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Bipedalism

Bipedalism: Legs / Feet and Pelvis (class .ppt slides 15A)

Bipedalism -- Edward Goo

Aquatic Ape Theory -- David Nurenberg

VIDEO

Search for the First Human – A Secrets of the Dead Special -- PBS

Ancient Humans Walked But 'Struggled to Run'
Telegraph
(9/11/07)

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In the News . . .

Humans May Have Learned to Walk in the Trees -- New Scientist (12 August 2009)

Learning to walk
(Image: Frans Lanting/National Geographic/Getty)

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Odd Gender Differences Found in Walking LiveScience (9/8/08)
- Walk This Way LiveScience (9/8/08)
- Walk This Way? Masculine Motion Seems To Come At You, While Females Walk Away EurekAlert (9/8/08)

Proto-Humans Walked on Two Legs in 6 Million BC New Scientist (3/20/08)
- 6-Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor 1st to Walk Upright? National Geographic News (3/20/08)
- New Fossil Is Oldest Upright Walker LiveScience (3/20/08)
- When Did Our Ancestors First Stand Up? MSNBC (3/20/08)
- Upright Walking Began 6 Million Years Ago, Thigh Bone Comparison Suggests Science Daily (3/21/08)
- New Analysis Suggests Earlier Start for Upright Walking New York Times (3/21/08)
- Human Ancestors Walked Upright Earlier Than Thought, Study Says Los Angeles Times (3/22/08)
New Fossil Is Oldest Upright Walker LiveScience (3/20/08)

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Hominid footprint from Laetoli, Tanzania 3.7 m.y.a.

Bipedalism

Hominid footprint
from Laetoli, Tanzania
3.7 m.y.a.