Eldorado Posted March 31, 2020 #1 Share Posted March 31, 2020 "A new study led by the University of Kent has found evidence that human ancestors as recent as two million years ago may have regularly climbed trees. "Walking on two legs has long been a defining feature to differentiate modern humans, as well as extinct species on our lineage (aka hominins), from our closest living ape relatives: chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. "This new research, based on analysis of fossil leg bones, provides evidence that a hominin species (believed to be either Paranthropus robustus or early Homo) regularly adopted highly flexed hip joints; a posture that in other non-human apes is associated with climbing trees." Full monty at EurekAlert: Link Research at PNAS: Link 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted March 31, 2020 #2 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) With saber tooth tiger, cave lion and Phorusrhacids bird roaming... i would climb to trees too ! Edited March 31, 2020 by Jon the frog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissJatti Posted March 31, 2020 #3 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I can climb trees, who wants a coconut? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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