#  Uncovering the Genes That Let Our Ancestors Walk Upright 

 





August 27, 2025

 

 

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*A comparison of skeletons from “Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature,” by Thomas Henry Huxley, 1863.*

A new study reveals some of the crucial molecular steps on the path to bipedalism.

**Source:** The New York Times

**Author:** Carl Zimmer

**Link:** [Full Text](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/science/human-evolution-ilium-bipedal.html)



 

 

 



 

 

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