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Subject: Evolution of Bipedal Locomotion What are we? To the biologist we are members of a sub-species called Homo sapiens sapiens, which represents a division of the species known as Homo sapiens. The most interesting aspect about our species is that we are able to and can walk upright on our hind legs at all times. This is defiantly not the usual way of getting around for a mammal. The view of evolution is to …

…for the different shape of cranium/ foramen magnum, to be able to pass through the birth canal. Natural selection is also important to take into consideration when talking about the evolution of bipeds. It was because of this selection, that certain characteristics were passed on from one generation to the next. Efficient bipedal movement is a trait that appeared very early, and it is probably the single most important development in the emergence of man.