New research further validates that bipedalism (walking upright on two feet) evolved in concert with unique features of the human skull. The latest paper on the anthropologic significance of two ...

What may be the earliest-known human ancestor, an ape-man called Sahelanthropus tchadensis who lived in Africa roughly 7 million years ago, walked upright for much of the time, according to a new ...

But while the fossil femur appears to have supported the demands of habitual upright walking, Sahelanthropus’s chimp-like forearms show that it still spent plenty of time in the trees.

Walking upright on two legs is the trait that defines the hominid lineage: Bipedalism separated the first hominids from the rest of the four-legged apes. ... Known only from a skull and teeth, ...

Walking upright at the dawn of the human lineage ... Features of the skull suggest it may have been able to walk upright, but no bones from elsewhere in the skeleton have been found yet.

The skull's age, physical appearance ... Lucy also had ankle and foot features important to upright walking. "In its own way, this is more important than Lucy," said Wood said of the Toumai specimen.

New 3D scans of a six-million-year-old Lufengpithecus' skull fossil clarify a potential evolutionary step towards bipedal locomotion. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 29, 2024 11:32 AM EST Get the ...

An artist's reconstruction shows Lufengpithecus in its environment. A study of this prehistoric ape has shed new light on how humans came to use only their two feet for locomotion.

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Seven-million-year-old femur suggests ancient human relative walked upright Formal description of the leg bone, which belongs to Sahelanthropus tchadensis , comes two decades after it was discovered.

The main find was a skull, which was named Toumaï. In New Scientist’s report at the time, writer Jeff Hecht said it didn’t resemble any modern great ape: “Although its body and brain were ...

The 2.8 million-year-old Australopithecus africanus "Taung child" skull was discovered in South Africa in 1925. Source: Wikimedia/Creative Commons New research further validates that bipedalism ...