First Steps - How Walking Upright Made Us Human

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is an illogical development, as it slows us down. But here we are, suggesting there must have been something tremendous to gain from bipedalism.

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Jeremy DeSilva

Zusammenfassung

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is an illogical development, as it slows us down. But here we are, suggesting there must have been something tremendous to gain from bipedalism.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jeremy DaSilva, Jeremy Desilva
• Verlag: William Collins
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780008342845
• ISBN: 978-0-00-834284-5
• Abmessung: 153 mm x 234 mm x 26 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Evolution, popular science, Walking, hiking, trekking, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, SCIENCE / Paleontology, NATURE / Fossils, NATURE / Animals / Primates, Popular medicine & health, Early Man, Palaeontology, Popular medicine and health, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Zoology: primates (primatology), Evolutionary anthropology / Human evolution