bipedalism

[ bahy-ped-l-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. the condition of being two-footed or of using two feet for standing and walking.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bipedalism¹

First recorded in 1905–10; bipedal + -ism

Example Sentences

You could get the independent evolution of bipedalism multiple times.

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Instead, they’re up in the trees, moving with hand-assisted bipedalism, much like an orangutan, gibbon, and siamang do now.

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In that case, bipedalism wouldn’t be a new locomotion, it’d be an old locomotion.

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Darwin hypothesized that bipedalism and tool use and canine reduction and brain size evolve in concert.

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In fact, bipedalism could have evolved independently in different hominins in Africa.

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