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Need help with my writing homework on Advantages of Bipedalism. Write a 2000 word paper answering; The creature also has its eye-line elevated, so it can see further, above low growing plants, which is an advantage when seeking food, hunting or even avoiding enemies. On the other hand, the eyes are further from the ground so further from tracks and low growing berries or other food sources, yet at the same time leaves the hands free to forage. According to the University of Austin (2007) bipedal adaptation allows the body to cool more efficiently in hot temperatures, a process referred to as known as thermoregulation. Adopting a tall upright posture means that less of the creature’s surface area is exposed directly to the sun’s heat. At the same time, a greater surface area is exposed to cool, moving air. This would however be a disadvantage in a cooler climate if clothing was not used.
This rising up does however make the creature more visible to prey. Nor does it necessarily make the creature able to run faster, especially over uneven ground as he is somewhat less stable than if on all fours.
According to the Columbia Encyclopedia entry Australopithecus anamensis, or whom many specimens have been found over a wide area, was bipedal, but may not have always been fully comfortable being so, as they were also adapted to be tree climbers. They mention similarities to chimpanzees and gorillas, both of whom are capable of bipedalism, but who also walk on all fours. Some of the species found are though in very fragmented pieces. According to the New World Encyclopedia entry ( 2008), the pelvis structure and feet of the specimens found are almost indistinguishable if the compared comparison to modern humans, although other parts of their bodies were very different, with very long arms. Australopithecus afarensis left behind the earliest known bipedal footprints in Laetoli, preserved by the erupting lava of a volcano in what is now northern Tanzania.
