anglepose Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 I have got an idea of why the first chimpanzees walk as far as i know most people think that the first chimps walked to reach higher food but ever wandered if it was to keep dry seriusly it happens all the time when chimps go in shallow water they walk [ATTACH]862[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gribbon Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Australopithecus afarensi (Lucy) was thought of as one of out first ancestors, but was not bipedal and hence a “knuckle-walker”. “Based on the study of human and chimp genomes, the scientists believe the split between the human and chimpanzee lines occurred much more recently than previously thought — no more than 6.3 million years ago and perhaps as recently as 5.4 million years ago.” According to: Bipedalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia There are other reasons why Chimps my have become bipedal; Bipedalism allows for improved perception, free forelimbs, faster movement, greater reach, camouflage etc…but I think that all of it is still unproven… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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