The Arched Metatarsal of Australopithecus afarensis
Carol Ward1, William Kimbel, and Donald Johanson have published a paper in Science on the arch seen in a newly …
Tag Archives: bipedalism
The Galili Femur
It has been a while since I blogged anything on paleoanthropology. But once I saw John Hawks‘ post where he …
A Refined Ar/Ar Date For The ‘Devil’s Footprints’ From The Roccamonfina Volcano In Italy
I remember reading a short announcement in 2003 about the discovery of 385,000–325,000 years old human-like footprints near the Roccamonfina …
Erik Trinkhaus, Tianyuan 1 and Sunghir 1, and the Earliest ‘Evidence’ of Footwear
Erik Trinkhaus published a study, along with Hong Shang, in the July issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science on …
Did early hominins shuffle before they walked upright?
I don’t know how I missed this paper, “Stand and shuffle: When does it make energetic sense?” It was published …
Bill Jungers’ conclusions on Homo floresiensis bipedalism — the clown-footed hominin
More reports have been coming out of last week’s meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, and one that …
A Multivariate Analysis of Orrorin tugenensis and the Ancestry of Bipedalism
Tomorrow’s issue of the Science will host a reinvestigation of the famous (or infamous?) Orrorin tugenensis. The study, “Orrorin tugenensis …
A Human Ancestor for the Apes?
Do we really need to consider turning everything upside down by considering the existence of a human ancestor for the …
Evolution of Lordosis and Pregnancy
The report published in Nature by Whitcome, Shapiro, and Lieberman reports on a longitudinal study of 19 pregnant women to …
Aaron Filler’s Video Documents Bipedalism in Siamangs
Aaron Filler published a very hard to accept paper about three months ago stating bipedalism could have originated 20 million …
