Laetoli footprints preserve earliest direct evidence of human-like bipedal biomechanics.

<h4>Background</h4>Debates over the evolution of hominin bipedalism, a defining human characteristic, revolve around whether early bipeds walked more like humans, with energetically efficient extended hind limbs, or more like apes with flexed hind limbs. The 3.6 million year old hominin...

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Main Authors: David A Raichlen, Adam D Gordon, William E H Harcourt-Smith, Adam D Foster, Wm Randall Haas
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/87cc558ca34e476598b685cf9891ea91
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