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Starred Review on April 1, 2021 | Science & Technology
Why, how, and when did human ancestors first walk on two feet? Why are humans so uniquely bipedal, at least among mammals? DeSilva (anthropology, Dartmouth Coll.; A Most Interesting Problem) tackles these issues in his latest work. Its scope includes the several-million-year prehistory of bipedal hominins. DeSilva has a gift for identifying important but often overlooked observations regarding bipedalism; for instance, he notes that humans are quite clumsy compared to four-le...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
