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Bipedal Locomotion is the the act of an animal walking on its back two legs.

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Is Spinosaurus considered a bipedal dinosaur?

Yes, Spinosaurus is considered a bipedal dinosaur, meaning it walked on two legs.


What is bipidal locomotion?

Bipedal locomotion is a type of movement where the organism moves upright on two hind legs. An example of organisms using this kind of locomotion is humans.


Which step in hominid evolution came first bipedal locomotion or larger brains?

This question HAS been answered. Bipedality preceded encephalization by many millions of years. (This presumes you are using "hominid" synonymously with "hominin", the latter being the term now in general use and referring to bipedal apes, i.e., Hpmo sapiens and our bipedal forebears. "Hominid" refers to all the other, nonbipedal great apes, i.e., Chimp, Gorilla, Baboon and Orangutan.)The members of the genus Australopithecus, including "Lucy" (A. afarensis), extant between four and two million years ago, were bipedal but with brain size no greater than 450 cc, the size of a Chimp brain today.The specimen Sehelanthropus tchadensis, dated at 6.5 million years ago and almost certainly bipedal, had a brain size of about 350 cc.The first appreciable increase in brain size comes at about 1.9 million years ago with Homo erectus, specimens found in Tanzania and Kenya.Jay Greene, Communications CoordinatorInstitute of Human Origins


Can you use biped in a sentence?

I am a biped. A biped is an organism that walks on two feet.


What is bipedalism?

Bipedal describes a manner of movement in which one moves using two legs or feet. (Biped in latin is literally "two footed") Humans are bipedal, as are some animals like kangaroos or some primates, although the term is not restricted to describing living organisms. Animals like dogs and cats are considered quadrupedal, as they move on four limbs.