Bipedal
adjective
Refers to any creature or thing that uses two legs for walking.
Humans are typically bipedal, they walk on two legs.
Often appears as...
- bipedal locomotion
- bipedal species
adjective
Refers to any creature or thing that uses two legs for walking.
Humans are typically bipedal, they walk on two legs.
Often appears as...
- bipedal locomotion
- bipedal species
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Pro Tip 1/3Evolutionary Term
Often used in biology or paleontology when discussing the evolution from four-legged to two-legged movement.
The dinosaur's skeletal structure suggested a transition toward bipedal posture.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Humans
Although humans are bipedal, some animals like birds or kangaroos also walk on two legs.
The emu is an example of a bipedal bird.
Pro Tip 3/3Robotic Usage
In robotics, 'bipedal' describes robots designed to mimic two-legged human walking.
Engineers are developing bipedal robots for complex rescue missions.
Pro Tip 1/3Evolutionary Term
Often used in biology or paleontology when discussing the evolution from four-legged to two-legged movement.
The dinosaur's skeletal structure suggested a transition toward bipedal posture.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Humans
Although humans are bipedal, some animals like birds or kangaroos also walk on two legs.
The emu is an example of a bipedal bird.
Pro Tip 3/3Robotic Usage
In robotics, 'bipedal' describes robots designed to mimic two-legged human walking.
Engineers are developing bipedal robots for complex rescue missions.
Pro Tip 1/3Evolutionary Term
Often used in biology or paleontology when discussing the evolution from four-legged to two-legged movement.
The dinosaur's skeletal structure suggested a transition toward bipedal posture.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Humans
Although humans are bipedal, some animals like birds or kangaroos also walk on two legs.
The emu is an example of a bipedal bird.
Pro Tip 3/3Robotic Usage
In robotics, 'bipedal' describes robots designed to mimic two-legged human walking.
Engineers are developing bipedal robots for complex rescue missions.
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My seven species of...
two legs and catches the fall so that's how it walks but when you look at us human being bipedal walking what you're doing is you're not really using a muscle to lift your leg and do like and walk like a robot right what you're doing is you really swing your leg and catch the ball stand up again swing your leg and cast a fall you're using your
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Robert Full: Engineering...
bipedal nature of the characters of the ants. And we told them, of course, they move in another plane as well. And they asked us this question. They say, "Why model just in the sagittal plane or the vertical plane, when you're telling us these animals are moving in the horizontal plane?" This is a good question.
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Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
responders i mean i'm slightly biased but uh it's quite important because a lot of people love the really big uh sauropods and you know the giant guys those guys didn't start off that way they started off as small bipedal animals and south africa is a great great place to
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The surprising science...
I'm actually standing far too close. A chimpanzee is far stronger than I am, and I just was not very prudent, this particular video. So what you saw him do is he was lifting himself up and standing on two legs, and putting his arms out. That's called the bipedal swagger.
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Why Now is the Golden...
he came up with a hypothesis that birds descended from small bipedal dinosaurs. But other scientists opposed this idea because they said, well, you know, all birds have a wishbone, right? This is not known in any dinosaurs. So birds can't be living dinosaurs.
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A Rare Look at the...
I've always been fascinated understand you know why we're human what makes us human you know we had so many kinds of humans in the past and different kinds of bipedal Apes you know Oscar put the scenes and we had some that went extinct
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Human Origins 101 PIPE...
Like their ancient brethren australopithecines had some ape-like traits. However changes in the skull, spine and legs indicate a notable shift toward a very human-like trait. Consistent bipedal locomotion.
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Susan Savage-Rumbaugh:...
that the pelvic area of early australopithecines is a little flatter and doesn't have to rotate quite so much from side to side. So the -- the bipedal gait is a little easier. And now we see all four.
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Dinosaurs: The Facts and...
instance ashamed walking on all four legs but we now know he would have been bipedal he would have stood on just his hind legs and his four legs would have been quite small and lifted right up off
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Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
certain tribe they're called the me na and the Kula combat isn't bipedal ape man and something crossed between a gorilla chimpanzee and a human being that is said to live in the forests that
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My seven species of...
two legs and catches the fall so that's how it walks but when you look at us human being bipedal walking what you're doing is you're not really using a muscle to lift your leg and do like and walk like a robot right what you're doing is you really swing your leg and catch the ball stand up again swing your leg and cast a fall you're using your
Video examples
Robert Full: Engineering...
bipedal nature of the characters of the ants. And we told them, of course, they move in another plane as well. And they asked us this question. They say, "Why model just in the sagittal plane or the vertical plane, when you're telling us these animals are moving in the horizontal plane?" This is a good question.
Video examples
Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
responders i mean i'm slightly biased but uh it's quite important because a lot of people love the really big uh sauropods and you know the giant guys those guys didn't start off that way they started off as small bipedal animals and south africa is a great great place to
Video examples
The surprising science...
I'm actually standing far too close. A chimpanzee is far stronger than I am, and I just was not very prudent, this particular video. So what you saw him do is he was lifting himself up and standing on two legs, and putting his arms out. That's called the bipedal swagger.
Video examples
Why Now is the Golden...
he came up with a hypothesis that birds descended from small bipedal dinosaurs. But other scientists opposed this idea because they said, well, you know, all birds have a wishbone, right? This is not known in any dinosaurs. So birds can't be living dinosaurs.
Video examples
A Rare Look at the...
I've always been fascinated understand you know why we're human what makes us human you know we had so many kinds of humans in the past and different kinds of bipedal Apes you know Oscar put the scenes and we had some that went extinct
Video examples
Human Origins 101 PIPE...
Like their ancient brethren australopithecines had some ape-like traits. However changes in the skull, spine and legs indicate a notable shift toward a very human-like trait. Consistent bipedal locomotion.
Video examples
Susan Savage-Rumbaugh:...
that the pelvic area of early australopithecines is a little flatter and doesn't have to rotate quite so much from side to side. So the -- the bipedal gait is a little easier. And now we see all four.
Video examples
Dinosaurs: The Facts and...
instance ashamed walking on all four legs but we now know he would have been bipedal he would have stood on just his hind legs and his four legs would have been quite small and lifted right up off
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
certain tribe they're called the me na and the Kula combat isn't bipedal ape man and something crossed between a gorilla chimpanzee and a human being that is said to live in the forests that
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Donald Johanson
American Scientist
What's changed is we now have good anatomical, geological, archaeological evidence that Neanderthals are not our ancestors. When I wrote 'Lucy,' I considered Neanderthals ancestors of modern humans. We have gone back twice the age of Lucy, six million years. And we see that upright bipedal walking goes back that far in time.
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S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
The bodies we have are not made for extended use. We must cope with accumulated DNA damage, cell damage, muscle atrophy, bone loss, decreased muscle mass, and joints worn out from overuse during a lifetime of bipedal locomotion. It might have worked great for prehistoric humans, but it wreaks havoc on our knees and hips.
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Debra Granik
American Director
You will never go wrong with actually photographing process. It's primitive. Humans love to see the bipedal animal in us finish things. We just like it!
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Donald Johanson
American Scientist
You don't just magically flip some evolutionary switch somewhere and transmute a quadruped into an upright-walking bipedal human.
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Donald Johanson
American Scientist
What's changed is we now have good anatomical, geological, archaeological evidence that Neanderthals are not our ancestors. When I wrote 'Lucy,' I considered Neanderthals ancestors of modern humans. We have gone back twice the age of Lucy, six million years. And we see that upright bipedal walking goes back that far in time.
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S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
The bodies we have are not made for extended use. We must cope with accumulated DNA damage, cell damage, muscle atrophy, bone loss, decreased muscle mass, and joints worn out from overuse during a lifetime of bipedal locomotion. It might have worked great for prehistoric humans, but it wreaks havoc on our knees and hips.
Quote examples
Debra Granik
American Director
You will never go wrong with actually photographing process. It's primitive. Humans love to see the bipedal animal in us finish things. We just like it!
Quote examples
Donald Johanson
American Scientist
You don't just magically flip some evolutionary switch somewhere and transmute a quadruped into an upright-walking bipedal human.
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