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The evolution of bipedal postures in varanoid lizards

2009-07-01

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The bipedal posture (BP) and gait of humans are unique evolutionary hallmarks, but similar stances and forms of locomotion have had enormous influences on a range of phylogenetically diverse tetrapods, particularly dinosaurs and birds, and a range of mammalian lineages, including non-human apes. The complex movements involved in bipedalism appear to have modest evolutionary origins, and it is presumed that a stabl...

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Literature Corpus work: 54f819fa-3e7a-5807-8a48-64650833ad76
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01227.x

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