Did Rock Climbing Help Us Start Walking Upright?The story of how humans evolved from knuckle-walking primates to upright bipeds is still a matter of great debate among anthropologists. One of today's leading theories suggests that our forest-dwelling ancestors began walking on two feet as climate change stripped away the trees they lived in forcing them to move to the ground. Another explanation for our bipedal evolution is that walking on two feet helped us carry babies though that theory has been debunked.In a paper published in the latest issue of the journal Antiquity researchers from the University of York and the Parisian Institut de Physique du Globe present yet another theory: that bipedalism evolved as a response to complex topography--places with active tectonics and rough rocky terrain--in eastern and southern Africa during the Pliocene Epoch up to 5 million years ago. The presence of hominins our early human ancestors has been linked to regions with active tectonic and volcanic regions in Africa. Somewhere along the way hominins developed big toes and foot arches both structures that help us stride and run upright but could've also helped us climb up rocky terrain. The development of shorter arms and dexterous hands would also have assisted in the climbing process. In turn that dexterity would have facilitated tool use. The broken disrupted terrain offered benefits for hominins in terms of security and food but it also proved a motivation to improve their locomotor skills by climbing balancing scrambling and moving swiftly over broken ground - types of movement encouraging a more upright gait lead author Isabelle Winder explained in a press statement. Rocky terrain would have provided more protection than forests since many large African carnivores can't climb. The researchers call for further study of ancient landscapes to support this theory though ancient conditions in active tectonic regions like the East African Rift can be difficult to reconstruct because they have changed so much over time. My wild card guess when monkeys change to running primates is when we became meat eaters. There is not a lot of running away from dangerous fruit or running to fruit in trees needed.And this unverifiable science had public money I bet.I watched a show that proposed the idea we began walking upright from wading in water.  Baboons walk upright when they wade in water to keep their heads up.  Our ancestors might have learned that this was adventageous out of the water as well.visualize
 There is some theorizes that we primates might of spent a lot of time in water as you said forcing us to stand more up right loose our fur too.I'd like to see you escape a cheetah by climbing a rock face. These dudes are master climbers. They will be across the field and on your back before you're half way up the cliff.If we evolved from apes we lost our strength speed climbing ability and protective hair (well.. some of us did. I've still got mine. Well... not on my head...). On top of that child birth is dangerous and our young are helpless for a LONG time.  Survival of the fittest?  You can spin a creation myth all day long. No one will ever know how we came to walk upright or how such a pathetic animal ever survived in the wild. This is all just story telling and certainly not science (since it isn't testable).Maybe the story of how it happened isn't verifiable. However  the many fossils are.until I looked at the paycheck which was of $4228 I didnt believe ...that...my best friend woz like actualy bringing in money part time on their apple labtop.. there sisters neighbour haz done this 4 only about fifteen months and by now took care of the debts on their house and purchased a brand new Lotus Esprit. go to........ Fox85.comAncient humans were not helpless at all against bigger stronger and faster predators.  Once people learned to make fire the other animals were put at a permanent disadvantage.