Bipedalism

=What are the advantages of bipedalism?= The Auckland Zoo lesson gave us an insight on what the advantages of being bipedal are. These include...


 * Being able to see over things such as tall grass
 * Can see predators from a far
 * Makes hunting and food gathering easier. E.g. being able to see prey from a far.
 * Less energy is used - being taller. This is efficient over long distances. Energy is saved
 * Arms have become free meaning they can use arms to carry things such as food, tools and even children
 * Better ability to hunt - they are able to run things down over time. It also ment they could hold tools with their hands that they could use for hunting.
 * less surface exposed to the sun, making them cooler.

Hominins (such as Lucy (//Australopithecus afarensis//)) became bipedal due to a change in climate and environment in Africa. They survived the climate change and became bipedal becuase they had to adapt to the changing environment.