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animals, ankle, Australopithecus afarensis, biology, Bipedalism, climbing, evolution, Human, Kiga people, Popular science, science, Twa
While popular imagination may be fascinated by when our ancestors first began to walk upright, scientific debate has focused on whether these early humans were still skilled climbers. A group of researchers in New Hampshire addressed the issue in a paper recently published in PNAS, gleaning new data from modern humans who climb regularly.