Humans have been walking on two legs for millions of years. All vertebrate species have a pelvis, but only humans use it for upright, two-legged walking.* The evolution of the human pelvis, and our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gayani Senevirathne (left) holds the shorter, wider human pelvis, which evolved from the longer upper hipbones of primates, which ...

For centuries, the question of how humans became upright walkers has fascinated scientists and philosophers. Charles Darwin famously argued in The Descent of Man (1871) that humans evolved from apes, ...

Two small changes in human DNA may have played a big role in helping our ancestors walk upright, researchers say. The study, recently published in the journal Nature, found that these tweaks changed ...

SATURDAY, Nov. 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Two small changes in human DNA may have played a big role in helping our ancestors walk upright, researchers say. The study, recently published in the journal ...