Study of ancient forefoot joints reveals bipedalism in hominins emerged early

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 - 06:49 in Biology & Nature

The feet of primates function as grasping organs. But the adoption of bipedal locomotion – which reduces the ability to grasp – was a critical step in human evolution.

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