Talk:Ardipithecus
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[edit] faster bipedalism?
umm, surely bipedalism renders the creature slower not faster. Any four footed creature can run faster than a two legged primate. Surely the advantage of bipedalism is the ability to see further, since the eyes are higher? The evolutionary advantage of early bipeds was to hunt intelligently in groups, in the way chimpanzees can, not an ability to outrun something!! Another possible advantage of bipedalism is that you present a smaller area to the sun, and dont overheat in the daytime.
I see no evidence to support the idea that early bipeds could outrun even a small cat. Neither could we outstamina anything, outclimb anything, or out stealth anything. All we could do was outsmart the opposition!
[edit] don't discount bipedalism
Human walking is extremely efficient. No chimp can could come remotely close to the ability of a human to walk long distances while using little energy.
[edit] Daggers
Why are there dagger symbols next to each of the species? Can they be removed? Badagnani 00:51, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] References Badly Needed
I can't believe an article as important as this one includes no references. Please help supply some ASAP. --1000Faces (talk) 18:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
