Our Short Legged Ancestors
by groovedwhale on Nov.22, 2009, under Uncategorized
The whys and wherefores of our present form continue to be revealed in this article on theĀ short legs of our ancestors. I can only wonder how our sense of balance must have been challenged as we left the tree canopy and began foraging on the ground. Did our sense of rhythm change?
I love this line in this article:
“We don’t really know how aggressive australopiths were,” Carrier says. “If they were more aggressive than modern humans, they were exceptionally nasty animals.”