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Evolutionary Biology
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Consider the least stable way to arrange an animal's body: it would be to stand it upright. To see the biomechanics of a human skeleton walk and run -to stand on one foot and not fall, as most humans can easily do- is to witness a marvel of motion and balance, as robot engineers are learning their cost.
Bipedalism was the enabler of subsequent brain growth.
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― Evolutionary Psychiatry: Current Perspectives on Evolution and Mental Health
― Evolutionary Psychiatry: Current Perspectives on Evolution and Mental Health
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The general rule is that whatever females want, males evolve to provide it.
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― The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve
― The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve
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