Paper Topic:
biology
Running Head : EVOLUTION OF HUMAN LEGS Evolution of Human Legs (Your Name (Your School Human species is classified as the most intelligent among all living things . Human belongs to a species of bipedal primates which falls under the Hominidae family . In a taxonomical classification , human is referred to as Homo sapiens , which is a Latin word for wise man . Humans possess a highly developed brains which his capable of reasoning and solving problems . Human species inhibit all parts of the in various geographical locations in the world . Today it is believed that
the human population in the world is more than 6 billion distributed all over the world and inhabiting more lands areas
What sets human from the rest of the animals in the world is their capability (Audesirk et al , 2008 . Apart from having a greater thinking capability , their limbs (both lower and upper limbs ) have evolved making it possible to use tools than other species in the world . According to evolution theories , both modern primates and humans shared a common ancestry . The ape like human ancestors who was known as autralophicus had short legs 2 million years ago since they had a squat physique and stances which at least helped males to fight over access to females and resources . By then , they walked on all fours and hence both upper and lower limbs had presumable same size to balance the body while walking It is also believed that the short legs also helped them to climb trees...
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