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Science 1 June 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5829, pp. 1328 - 1331
DOI: 10.1126/science.1140799


Origin of Human Bipedalism As an Adaptation for Locomotion on Flexible Branches
S. K. S. Thorpe, R. L. Holder, R. H. Crompton

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A possible scenario for great ape locomotor diversification.

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Knucklewalking locomotion in forest chimpanzees.

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Vertical climbing in a lowland gorilla.

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