Our ancestors walked on their knuckles, just as chimpanzees and gorillas do today, new research suggests. Henry Gee reports.
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Richmond,B. G., & Strait, D. S. Evidence that humans evolved from a knuckle-walking ancestor. Nature 404, 382 2000
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Gee, H. These fists were made for walking. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000323-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000323-7