HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Human development

Human Development

Bipedalism

The debate about the origin of human bipedalism began in the era of Charles Darwin and continues with potent force, commonly divided into two opposing models.

The first model presents the pre human ancestor like an animal walking on all fours, partially supporting the weight on the knuckles, it was frequently used by African apes. Researchers keeps track of our walk on two legs to the first climbers of trees. Proponents of origin in the ground motion aided by the knuckles believe that we Africans had evolved from a common ancestor that moved on the ground ...