Re: Knuckle Walking (was Re: Time Frame: Early Hominids)

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In article <D6wK3M.6JG@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca>,
James Nicoll <james_n@coulomb.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Is knuckle walking something which evolved once, in a common
>ancestor of gorillas and chimpanzees, or did it evolve two or more
>times in primate lineages? I'm a bit fuzzy on how chimps and humans
>could share a more common ancestor than chimps and gorillas, when humans
^ recent *sigh*
>and their homo whatever ancestors don't AFAIK show any sign of that
>particular adaptation.
>
> James Nicoll

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