#  Why other apes can't walk a mile in our shoes 

 





September 19, 2025

 

 

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Why other apes can't walk a mile in our shoes on Quirks and Quarks with Bob McDonald.

A feature that distinguishes humans from other primates is the ability to walk upright. The major evolutionary change in the structure of our pelvis that allows for our bipedalism has now been traced genetically and developmentally. Human pelvic blades initially form in the embryo like other primates, but then flip their growth from vertical to horizontal, to give the human pelvis its unique basin shape. This new research led by Terence Capellini, chair of the Human Evolutionary Biology department at Harvard University, and postdoctoral student Gayani Senevirathne was published in the journal Nature.

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