#  Two evolutionary changes underpinning human bipedalism are discovered 

 





August 27, 2025

 

 

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 Bipedal locomotion - [walking upright](https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/tanzania-footprints-offer-clues-origin-human-upright-walking-2021-12-01/) on two legs - is a fundamental trait underpinning humankind's success. Scientists now have identified two innovations that occurred long ago in the [human evolutionary lineage](https://www.reuters.com/science/ethiopian-fossils-reveal-new-species-human-evolutionary-lineage-2025-08-13/) that reshaped the pelvis and helped facilitate this defining characteristic.

**Source:** Reuters

**Author:** Will Dunham

**Link:** [Full Text](https://www.reuters.com/science/two-evolutionary-changes-underpinning-human-bipedalism-are-discovered-2025-08-27/)



 

 

 



 

 

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