The adaptation to bipedal locomotion(1) is of particular significance in human evolution. All australopithecines possess anatomical characteristics of the pelvis, femur and spinal column that facilitate bipedal locomotion. Did Neanderthals mate with humans? In Eurasia, interbreeding between Neanderthals a...
Tools capable of supporting even a simple hunting lifestyle did not exist until our ancestors had been walking upright for millions of years. As a theory explaining the origins of the human line, Man the Hunter was a failure. Whatever these bipedal apes were doing, they weren’t carrying too...