Based on our knowledge of locomotor biomechanics and ecology we predict the locomotion
and posture of the last common ancestors of (a) great and lesser apes and their close fossil …

Until recently, the last common ancestor of African apes and humans was presumed to
resemble living chimpanzees and bonobos. This was frequently extended to their locomotor …

For most of this century, discussions of ape and human ancestry have frequently centered
on questions of skeletal morphology and locomotor adaptations. The proponents of a close …

The ancestral condition from which humans evolved is critical for understanding the
adaptive origin of bipedal locomotion. The 4.4 million-year-old hominin partial skeleton …

One of the great ongoing debates in palaeo‐anthropology is when, and how, hominids
acquired habitual bipedal locomotion. The newly adopted bipedal gait and the ancestral …

Bipedalism has traditionally been regarded as the fundamental adaptation that sets
hominids apart from other primates. Fossil evidence demonstrates that by 4.1 million years …

Bipedalism is a key adaptation that shaped human evolution, yet the timing and nature of its
evolution remain unclear. Here we use new experimentally based approaches to investigate …

The two most popular current paradigms concerning the precursor of hominid bipedalism
are the terrestrial-quadrupedal model of GEBO (1992. 1996) and the vertical climbing model …

Because bipedality is the quintessential characteristic of Hominidae, researchers have
compared ancient forms of bipedality with modern human gait since the first clear evidence …

Partial skeletons of ancient hominins are extremely rare. When located, they present unique
opportunities for palaeo-anthropological enquiry. From East African Pliocene and early …