What parts of the skeleton are most important in assessing whether a fossil form was bipedal? Based on the evidence from fossils and
Answer the three questions after watching the video (When We First Walked) and read (Origins of Bipedalism).
- In this exercise, you’ll explore an essential aspect of being human–walking on two legs.
Review the information from Chapter 9 concerning bipedality.
View the following short video: When We First Walked) - https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/first-walked-eons/first-walked-eons/
View this interactive display on the origins of bipedalism from NOVA Science (Links to an external site.).- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/origins-bipedalism.html
Once you review the above material, answer the four questions below. please answers these
questions.
- What parts of the skeleton are most important in assessing whether a fossil
form was bipedal?
2. Based on the evidence from fossils and paleoenvironmental reconstruction,
how did Ardi (Ardipithecus ramidus) use bipedalism? How did it differ from how
we walk bipedally?
3. According to the video, what is the savanna hypothesis and why is it becoming
discredited?
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