Now, let me introduce my friend. He is so shy about showing his face and won't come out of the earth, so I can only show you his footprints right here. These footprints were made by two Australopithecus who walked together on the volcanic ashes that covered Laetoli in Tanzania. It was about 100 thousand years before my time. Anyway, several hundreds of thousands of years makes no difference at all in the world of paleoanthropology. |
Take a good look at the footprint. The big toe isn't so separate from other toes. The foot also has an S shaped arch. This indicates that upright bipedalism might have been established even before this time (more than 5 million years ago). |
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Listen! I can hear roaring in the forest. Here they come. There are large hominids in the forest. They are my rivals. |
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