But Lucy and other fossil finds reveal that more than 3 million years ago, a relatively small-brained, ape-faced human ancestor walked steadily on two feet. To get a picture of how Lucy's species ...

When an ape walks upright, weight is transmitted from the heel, along the outside of the foot, and then through the middle toes. A human foot transmits weight from the heel, along the outside of ...

Did this key characteristic of humans arise from an ape, much like the orangutan ... Understanding how we came to walk on two feet promises to answer many of the fundamental questions about ...

When studying how humans evolved to walk on two feet, scientists have focused on ... and this may signal a rapid increase in the pace of ape and human locomotor evolution," said Harrison in ...

Despite those differences, “upright walking preceded the great ape/human split and likely started ... Grasping, opposable big toes helped to stabilize flat feet while walking, the researchers ...