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The Australopithecines
Edwin Mitchell
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∙ 15y agoAdam (if you are religious and believe in it) or: (if you follow the timelines of the earth and respect the hard working anthropologists)
Homo erectus was the first to walk upright
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∙ 11y agoThere are several theories about why our hominin ancestors made the switch from quadrupedal locomotion to bipedal. Some include,
A reduction in body temperature in the hot African sun (by decreasing surface area), energy efficiency which has been laboratory tested between chimps and humans, freeing of the hands for carrying or toolmaking, ecogeographical changes (drier ecosystems resulting in fewer trees), etc.
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∙ 11y agoWiki User
∙ 11y agoYes, they were able to but didn't walk the exact way humans do today
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∙ 11y agoThey technically can but they don't do it all the time
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∙ 12y agoWell our ancestors have been walking upright before modern humans came about. As far back as four million years ago the genus Australopithecus was probably the first to walk fully upright.
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∙ 12y agoYes ., but they also use kunkles of hand for support .
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∙ 12y agojust like we do today but maybe with a little bit of a hunch.
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∙ 11y agoThe skull, neck, spinal column, hip bones, and leg bones of early hominine species changed shape in ways that enabled later species to walk upright.
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What is the broadest muscle in the human body?
The biggest muscle in the human body is the gluteus maximums (the buttock muscle). This is in the buttocks keeps us standing upright and fights against gravity when we walk up stairs.
Did alexei leonov make the first spacewalk?
Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov became the first human to conduct a space walk on 18 March 1965.
What is homo erectus?
Homo means man. Erectus means, well, erect, upright. So Homo erectus means 'upright man'.It means human who walks upright.
What does each system do in the human body?
help you so that you can move, and so that you don't collapse and stay upright
What is the good view is it inclined or upright to look into microscope?
upright
What is the first human species to walk upright?
Homo erectus
What is the first human species believed to walk upright?
Homo erectus
Which ape can upright walk?
the first subhuman to walk upright was Homoerectus (Upright Man).
How humans are bipedal?
Humans are bipedal because we walk upright on two legs.
What is the hardest thing for a robot to do?
Walk upright on 2 legs (like a human)
Was Lucy a tree climbing ape or did she walk upright?
both. she had ape-like features such as her shouders that would allow her to climb, and she had human-like feature such as her pelvis that would allow her to walk upright.
What species first appeared to walk upright?
Australopithecus africanus
What was the first hominid that is believed to walk upright?
It is Homo Erectus. Hence the name, "Upright Man"!
The Gorilla who walks upright like a human reported in a British zoo?
there's nothing special about this. gorillas sometimes walk upright. it's only a web hype.
A living thing moves first on four then on two and last on three?
a human. first they crawl (hand and knees = 4) then they walk upright (2 feet) then they use a cane (2 feet + cane)
Why did humans first walk upright?
because they were curious about their environment and wanted to see more
What were the first dinosaurs to walk upright?
The ancestors of dinosaurs walked upright before they evolved into true dinosaurs. The earliest known dinosaur, Eoraptor, walked with upright legs underneath its body.
