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

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:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20339543/?tool=EBI

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