The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

All vertebrate species have a pelvis, but only humans use it for upright, two-legged walking. The evolution of the human pelvis, and our two-legged gait, dates back five million years, but the precise ...

Walking upright on two legs is one of the key traits that sets humans apart from other primates. Now, scientists are beginning to unravel some of the developmental and genetic mysteries underpinning ...

A fossilized human-like pelvis that was discovered by researchers and dated by a UA scientist could help answer questions about how humans evolved, according to findings made public today. The ...

A combined study on the morphology of the human pelvis – leveraging genetics and deep learning on data from more than 31,000 individuals – reveals genetic links between pelvic structure and function, ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been radically altered over millions of years to allow us to accomplish our bizarre ...

Walking on two legs is one of the defining features of being human, setting us apart from our closest primate relatives. But how did our ancestors start walking upright? Now, a new study published in ...

The wide, basin-shaped pelvis of modern humans helps us walk upright on two legs and give birth safely to babies with large heads. Pixabay Walking upright on two legs is one of the key traits that ...