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Cousins of early humans may have evolved distinct styles of walking upright. Two hominin fossils from southern Africa (one with a more flexed posture at the knees, ankles, and hips for climbing, and one with denser leg bones for weight bearing) highlight different evolutionary paths to bipedalism.


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