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Category Archives: Evolution of bipedalism

A modern human (left); sediba (middle) and chimp (right)

Australopithecus sediba: human by accident?

April 16, 2013by Adam Benton 19 Comments

Australopithecus sediba, everyone’s second favourite Australopith after Lucy, was back in the news last week as more research on this fascinating specie was published. First discovered in South Africa in 2008, […]

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Anatomy, Archaeology, Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution, Science
The reconstruction of Lucy

Lucy the knuckle walker? Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth

April 15, 2013by Adam Benton 9 Comments

This post also appeared on The Advanced Apes Many moons ago I stumbled across Answers in Genesis’s reconstruction of the “Lucy” specimen (who belonged to the species Australopithecus afarensis, an […]

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Anatomy, Archaeology, Creationism, Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution, Media, Science
tendon

When did we become good at running

March 14, 2013by Adam Benton 2 Comments

The story of human evolution is that of a tree-dwelling ape spending more time on the ground. This change in lifestyle presented us with new opportunities and exposed us to […]

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Anatomy, Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution, Science
A Twa man climbing a tree

Tree climbing and human evolution

January 2, 2013by Adam Benton Leave a comment

The modern human foot and ankle has lost many ape-like traits in favour of an anatomy useful for walking bipedally. For example, the grasping toes of apes have become shorter […]

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Anatomy, Anthropology, Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution, Primatology, Science

Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth #6:The conclusion

December 30, 2012by Adam Benton 14 Comments

And so we arrive at the grand conclusion of Answers in Genesis response (parts 1, 2,3 4 & 5). It follows the standard creationist formula of “finish with a pat […]

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Creationism, Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution, Science
The STW 431 with the muscle attachment sites labelled

Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth #5: The hip

December 29, 2012by Adam Benton 5 Comments

This is the fifth article in my series responding to Answers in Genesis critique of my post claiming that their creation museum wrongly portrays the famous Australopithecus afarensis specimen “Lucy” (AL 288-1) […]

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Anatomy, Creationism, Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution, Science
The statistical analysis of Lucy (AL 288) showing it clusters with gorillas and orangutans

Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth #4: The wrist

December 20, 2012by Adam Benton 15 Comments

Here were are, part 4 of my response to Answers in Genesis “rebuttal” of my post criticising their depiction of the famous Lucy specimen as a 4 legged knuckle walker […]

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Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution
The reconstruction of Lucy

Answers in Genesis v Evoanth #3: Lumbar lordosis

December 19, 2012by Adam Benton 6 Comments

Piltdown superman has recently promoted Answers in Genesis’ 6,000 word diatribe against my post criticising their depiction of the famous Lucy specimen. This persuaded me to get my act together […]

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Creationism, Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution
Dikika

Answers in Genesis v Evoanth #2: The foramen magnum

December 18, 2012by Adam Benton 11 Comments

Welcome back to EvoAnth v. AiG round 2. If you cast your mind’s eye back a few weeks you’ll recall Answers in Genesis – famous purveyor of all things creationist […]

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Anatomy, Creationism, Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution, Science
A statistical analysis of scapulas. The left clusters are apes, the right human (except for the circles which are orang-utans). L & R are Sema's left and right scapula.

Australopithecus afarensis: tree climber

November 7, 2012by Adam Benton 8 Comments

Australopithecus afarensis is a bipedal human ancestor which lived in Africa from 3.9 – 2.9 million years ago. It’s particularly notable for being the first hominin to have a human-like […]

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Anatomy, Chimps, Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution, Primate, Primatology, Science

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Adam Benton

Adam Benton

I'm studying evolutionary anthropology at the University of Liverpool. I'm currently in my third year of an undergraduate degree, hoping to progress onto a PhD someday. I'm too interested in human evolution for my own good, so decided to write a blog on it.

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