WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipedal locomotion - walking upright on two legs - is a fundamental trait underpinning humankind's success. Scientists now have identified two innovations that occurred long ago ...

How did human bipedalism evolve towards greater energy efficiency? By analyzing the occasional bipedal walking of baboons, researchers have modeled energy transfers between body segments. Their ...

A new study of a 7–8-million-year-old extinct fossil ape from China called Lufengpithecus offers new insights into the evolution of human bipedalism. The study, published in The Innovation, was ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: One longstanding theory of human bipedalism is that it first developed in our ancient hominid ancestors as a way to more easily move around the ...

The World Health Organisation notes that in 2020, 619 million people worldwide suffered from lower back pain. Globally, lower ...

WASHINGTON >> Bipedal locomotion — walking upright on two legs — is a fundamental trait underpinning humankind’s success. Scientists have now identified two innovations that occurred long ago in the ...