bipedalism
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the bodily attribute of being bipedal; having two feet
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bipedalism made the human form of birth possible
Advantages Limited and exclusive bipedalism can offer a species several advantages.
Evolution of skin color further Loss of body hair in Hominini species is assumed to be related to the emergence of bipedalism some 5 to 7 million years ago.
Bipedal animals The great majority of living terrestrial vertebrates are quadrupeds, with bipedalism exhibited by only a handful of living groups.
For this reason, Hunt argues that bipedalism evolved more as a terrestrial feeding posture than as a walking posture.
Humans, as their bipedalism has been extensively studied, are documented in the next section.