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bipedal locomotion  

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  • Among living primates, only humans are bipedal. It is not certain when this unique feature emerged, but it must have been before the 3.6 million-year-old Laetoli footprints were made. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Bipedal Locomotion]

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