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Chimp-sized hominid walked upright on two legs 6 million years ago
Pennsylvania State University ^
| 02 September 2004
| News Office Staff
Posted on 09/05/2004 4:09:47 PM PDT by PatrickHenry
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To: PatrickHenry
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09/05/2004 7:33:07 PM PDT
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bondserv
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To: PatrickHenry
The thread's already moved to "Chat." My Home page is the "All of the above forums" page for this very reason. FR is getting like MSM when it comes to creation-evoution debates.
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09/05/2004 7:37:37 PM PDT
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bondserv
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To: VadeRetro
All evolutionary assumptions aside, this finding would put upright posture at the base of the human family tree, right? This doesn't leave much time for bipedalism to evolve when the supposed human/ape-like ancestor divergence occurred b/w 5 and 8 mya (by some estimates).
To: PatrickHenry
The obligatory picture.
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
We had a thread maybe two months ago about a monkey which went fully bipedal simply as a behavioral adaptation following stomach trouble. OK, its skeleton would not show much effect, maybe eventually some wear-and-tear differences--from this. Nevertheless, I don't think going fully bipedal is that hard if that's all you're doing. If anything, this is further evidence that full bipedalism preceded other changes leading to humans.
To: VadeRetro
Nevertheless, I don't think going fully bipedal is that hard if that's all you're doing.Indeed. :)
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