Erik Bendix: On Two Feet

For some reason, early humans came up onto two feet and stayed that way. It is one of the central puzzles of how our species evolved. To solve it, scientists have studied human ancestor fossils, the record of climate change, and available food sources our ancestors lived in relation to, and clues from the genetic record. Under the influence of the Alexander Technique, one of the main founders of human paleoanthropology, Raymond Dart, also studied himself. Most scientists are unaware of this part of his work. But we can continue it, especially in the light of all that has been discovered since his time. What can we learn about uprightness and bipedalism by observing ourselves? How does that map onto what science does and does not know about our origins?

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