Walk This Way

When did our ancestors decsend from the trees and walk on two legs instead of four?  How exactly did bipedalism develop?  We have some ideas but that’s all they are – ideas.  We may never know, but we can certainly have some fun hypothesizing!

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Works Cited

“Ancient Ape Offers Clues to Evolution of Two-legged Walking.” Nature, 6 Nov. 2019, www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03418-2?error=cookies_not_supported&code=d43577d9-7824-4735-81da-30fd6835fe59.

biointeractive. “The Evolution of Bipedalism — HHMI BioInteractive Video.” YouTube, 24 Apr. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4-HJURXIxM.

DeSilva, Jeremy. “Fossils Upend Conventional Wisdom About Evolution of Human Bipedalism.” Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022, www.scientificamerican.com/article/fossils-upend-conventional-wisdom-about-evolution-of-human-bipedalism/?error=cookies_not_supported&code=1f64f427-1c19-4e40-ac41-45acad6911a1.

DNA Learning Center. “Species Shorts: Australopithecus Afarensis.” YouTube, 20 Apr. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyBAgz7SJKU.

Harcourt-Smith, William. “The First Hominins and the Origins of Bipedalism – Evolution: Education and Outreach.” BioMed Central, 17 Aug. 2010, evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s12052-010-0257-6.

Museum of Science, Boston. “First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human (4/21/21).” YouTube, 21 Apr. 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY5olTu8B60.

“Sahelanthropus Tchadensis.” The Smithsonian Institution’s Human Origins Program, 7 July 2022, humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/sahelanthropus-tchadensis.

Timeless Music – Best Christmas Songs. “Put One Foot in Front of the Other –  Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (Lyrics) [4K HD].” YouTube, 7 Nov. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRNiOpoZHV4.

Wayman, Erin. “Becoming Human: The Evolution of Walking Upright.” Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Aug. 2012, www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/becoming-human-the-evolution-of-walking-upright-13837658.

Music in this Episode

Light in Branches by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: soundofpicture.com

Moving On Up by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: soundofpicture.com

Pick Up The Tempo by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: soundofpicture.com Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology news

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