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Paleoanthropology

the hypothesis that bipedal walking was favoured because it costs less energy than ape quadrupedalism for travel between dispersed food sources.

In paleoanthropology, energetic hypothesis of bipedalism refers to the hypothesis that bipedal walking was favoured because it costs less energy than ape quadrupedalism for travel between dispersed food sources. This meaning comes from Rodman (1980) in American Journal of Physical Anthropology.[1]

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Rodman, P. S., & McHenry, H. M. (1980). Bioenergetics and the origin of hominid bipedalism. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 52(1), 103-106. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330520113

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