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
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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.
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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.
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Music in this Episode
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Light in Branches by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: soundofpicture.com
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Moving On Up by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: soundofpicture.com
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Pick Up The Tempo by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: soundofpicture.com
- The Falls by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: soundofpicture.com
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