7 Million-Year-Old Chinese Fossil Ape Provides New Insight Into the Origin of Human Bipedalism

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7 Million-Year-Old Chinese Fossil Ape Provides New Insight Into the Origin of Human Bipedalism

A recent investigation into a 7–8-million-year-old fossil ape from China, called Lufengpithecus, provides new insights into the development of bipedalism in humans. The study, published in The Innovation, was conducted by a team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology