http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/hominids Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 07 May 2026 05:23:00 -0400 Thu, 07 May 2026 05:23:00 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/415/bipedalism-a-response-to-climate-and-other-evolutionary-pressures By Kirsti J. Robertson - Pete Wheeler and Pat Shipman are two anthropologist who claim to have a resolution as to why bipedalism first emerged. Wheeler, convinced that heat is the sole proprietor of bipedalism and Shipman, persuaded that bipedalism evolved as a response to freeing the hands, fail to mention that both theories have ample evidence and that both are viable explanations. To analyze either authors reasoning, we must glance into the scientific atmosphere at the time. In Shipman and Wheelers paper, Australopithecus afarensis is the oldest known hominin fossil. Consequentially, they base their research off of... Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:59 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/415/bipedalism-a-response-to-climate-and-other-evolutionary-pressures