Re: bipedalism and AAH

Pat Dooley (patdooley@aol.com)
8 May 1995 20:47:06 -0400

Dan Grossman writes

>Orangs are not knuckle walkers.Bipedal movements give more food range.

Orangs are pretty hopeless on the ground no matter
how they get around. They certainly don't use bipedalism to
increase their food range.

Pre-Lucy hominids probably did evolve bipedalism to increase their
food range. The $64,000 question is where was the expanded food
range?

Pat d