Winder, Isabelle Catherine orcid.org/0000-0003-3874-303X, King, Geoffrey, Deves, M. et al. (1 more author) (2013) Complex topography and human evolution: the missing link. Antiquity. pp. 333-349. ISSN 0003-598X
Abstract
Why did humans walk upright? Previous models based on adaptations to forest or savannah are challenged here in favour of physical incentives presented by steep rugged terrain—the kind of tectonically varied landscape that has produced early hominin remains. “Scrambler man” pursued his prey up hill and down dale and in so doing became that agile, sprinting, enduring, grasping, jumping two-legged athlete that we know today.
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Keywords: | Africa, Kenya, South Africa, hominins, bipedalism, terrestrialisation, tectonic landscape, rift valleys | ||||
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Institution: | The University of York | ||||
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) | ||||
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Depositing User: | Pure (York) | ||||
Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2016 16:46 | ||||
Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2024 00:20 | ||||
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00048985 | ||||
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Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00048985 | ||||
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