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Vol 1 Ep 2 - The australopithecines ( Lucy )

History of the World podcast

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What Is Bipedalism?

civilization did not lead to bipedalism. The most likely home of our evolution since around seven million years ago was africa, then we have to recognize that the general climate and geography of africa has undergone substantial change. In short, africa used to be covered in rain forest. The deserts did not exist. As rain forests disappear, then they will likely become grass lands before coming desert trees - but not in the type of abundance found in rain forests. For a tree dwelling ape to be able to find vegetative food, in rain forest conditions, it can bracate among the trees without any need whatever to go down to the ground. However, when the rain forests start

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