Bipedalism Influence On Human Evolution

The trail is 27m long trail and contains 70 footprints of two hominids (there is some speculation that a third hominid was also present). The prints were too small to be that of an ape or harbour any similarity to any other animal. The imprints showcase that the large toes of the footprint were close to each other, whereas apes have toes that are diverged. The gait of these fossils is extremely similar to that of a modern day human, where the pattern followed feet first followed by the toes, where the feet pushed off. The prints are believed to be made by the Australopithecus afarensis, one of the earliest ancestors of humans. The remains of this hominid were also discovered proximal to the site of the footprints. These footprints are the oldest evidence of early human mobility.

This importance of the discovery that our team has made cannot be ignored, and possess much information regarding the evolution of humans. Bipedalism, the ability to move using two feet is an extraordinary feature that makes humans different from many species, including our closest cousins, the chimpanzee. When bipedalism came to be remained a mystery that prevented archaeologists, like me to fully understand evolution. Many believed that this trait evolved much later in terms of the timeline of human evolution, but this evidence contradicts this popular theory. Bipedalism is a trait that evolved and nearly perfected …show more content…
These species inhabited the Earth from 3.9 to 2. Million years ago in Kenya and Tanzania, the same areas and time period and location where these footprints were imprinted. A. afarensis were the first human ancestors to diverge themselves from chimpanzee lineage. They are one of the earliest and most successful ancestors inhabiting earth for 900,000 years, four times the length of modern day