#bipedalUnmoderated tagAll postsExplore CommunitiesTrending CommunitiesSteemitCryptoAcademyNewcomers' Communityআমার বাংলা ব্লগKorea • 한국 • KR • KOSteem AllianceSTEEM CN/中文SCT.암호화폐.CryptoWORLD OF XPILARAVLE 일상Comunidad LatinaTron Fan ClubBeauty of Creativity#bipedalTrendingHotNewPayoutsMutedzafrada (78)in #newborn • 3 years agoBipedal vs Quadrupedal Locomotion in Humans?Sometimes I get curious about something our baby is doing, and 20 minutes later, I'm reading an academic paper…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 7 years agoChororapithecus abyssinicus, a fossil record of the Gorilla lineage, adapted to high altitudes in the Ethiopian highlandsjohan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 7 years agoPublic Service Announcement: My thesis from the past year, inspired by Steemit, now patented and secured on Ethereum under danakil.ethMy thesis, work from a year or so, is now patented ("to lay open") under danakil.eth, secured by the 50 million dollar…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 7 years agoThe Kobus antelope speciated on the open grasslands on the coast-line of DanakilThe Danakil block separated from the Ethiopian continent around 6 million years ago[1], and became a place where…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 7 years agoUvula size selected for in humans to prevent choking, compensate for descent of the larynxLike many other mammals, including horses, chimpanzees and gorillas cannot choke on food, since their ability to…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoWere Neanderthals from the Paranthropus lineage? P. neanderthalensis, and conical rib cagesThis is pretty cool, Neanderthals are from Paranthropus. Look here: rib cage of Paranthropus, including P.…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoWere Neanderthals Paranthropus? P. neanderthalensis, and absence of a descended larynxBased on these images and reading a bit on the internet, Neanderthals seem to not have a descended larynx. The…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoAu. afarensis migrating to the southeastern Ethiopian highlands as a result of earth quakes, around 3 million years agoThe Pthirus gorillae host switch around 3.3 Ma[1] points to that Au. afarensis would have been in contact with…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoHuman evolution: eusocial (caste-based) adaptations as a result of a two-species society, Paranthropus as a companion speciesThere is some evidence that points to a hybridization event between Au. afarensis and gorilla ancestors around 3…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoArgument against Kenyanthropus platyops as the ancestor of the Homo lineageKenyanthropus platyops, that I would say is a descendant of Au. anamnesis, is often positioned as the ancestor of the…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoKenyanthropus platyops as a descendant of Au. anamnesis population in Turkana, and the Laeotli footprints as A. anamnesisKenyanthropus platyops is a 3.5 to 3.2-million-year-old (Pliocene) hominin fossil discovered in Lake Turkana, Kenya in…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoWere Paranthropus our first “pets”? And dogs as “external noses”The loss of olfactory receptors in Au. afarensis around 3.86 Ma meant that a sort of “external noses” in the form of…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoInsights into the human genome from the gorilla genome project in 2012, and the idea of a hybridization event 3.3 MaThe human genome was sequenced in 2001, followed by the chimpanzee in 2005 and the gorilla in 2012.[1] The standard…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoParanthropus lineage as result of Australopithecus afarensis — Gorillae interbreeding, and the origin of Pthirus pubis 3.3 million years agoThe host switch of Pthirus gorillae to Australopithecus afarensis 3.3 million years ago (Reed et al, 2007) could be…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoHairlessness and pubic hair in Australopithecus, 3–4MaChororapithecus abyssinicus (10–10.5 Ma) is found at the Chorora Formation at the southern margin of the Afar rift.…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agodepricatedA model for human lice in two evolutionary steps, more parsimonious than 'pair of lost lice' hypothesis (reed et al…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoLoss of olfaction in Australopithecus afarensis, 3.86 MaThe idea that there was a loss of functional olfactory receptor (OR) genes in Australopithecus, as a result of…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoOn the hypothesis memes as a byproduct of loss of olfactionThe mammalian sense of smell is governed by the largest gene family, which encodes the olfactory receptors (ORs). The…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoMapping the Kolpochoerus (Suidae) lineage to the tectonic migration of DanakilThe fossil record of speciation as a result of geographical isolation, would follow the movement of Danakil. Within…johan-nygren (63)in #bipedal • 8 years agoChimpanzee-human-last-common-ancestor split as a result of geographical isolation on DanakilBased on the hypothesis that the chimpanzee-human-last-common-ancestor (CHLCA) split resulted from geographical…
