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Title: Traditionally bipedalism was explained as an adaptation to
Post by: shuhan330 on Jun 6, 2015
Traditionally bipedalism was explained as an adaptation to
  A. a wooded environment    
  B. a terrestrial life on the African savanna    
  C. an aquatic environment    
  D. full time tool use


Title: Re: Traditionally bipedalism was explained as an adaptation to
Post by: bio_man on Jun 7, 2015
Hard to tell. It is possible that Bipedalism evolved in the trees, and was later applied to the Savannah as a vestigial trait. Humans and orangutans are both unique to a bipedal reactive adaptation when climbing on thin branches, in which they have increased hip and knee extension in relation to the diameter of the branch, which can increase an arboreal feeding range and can be attributed to a convergent evolution of bipedalism evolving in arboreal environments.


Title: Re: Traditionally bipedalism was explained as an adaptation to
Post by: shuhan330 on Jun 7, 2015
How about B, because the earliest ape skull found in Europe


Title: Re: Traditionally bipedalism was explained as an adaptation to
Post by: bio_man on Jun 7, 2015
It has to be either A or B. I personally thought B to begin with.


Title: Re: Traditionally bipedalism was explained as an adaptation to
Post by: shuhan330 on Jun 7, 2015
Ok, thank you!