Did Human Bipedalism Evolve from a Knuckle-walking Ape Ancestor
Did Human Bipedalism Evolve from a Knuckle-walking Ape Ancestor
Introduction
The narratives of human evolution are one of the oft-told scientific stories whenever the topic of the origin of man crops up. However, this topic is also one of the thorniest and most highly contentious. There are major disagreements in the manner in which man first came to be, and every interpretation of almost every new find on the matter will be sure to find opposition among scholars on the field (Harcourt-Smith & Aiello, 2004). While there are numerous causes of disputes ...