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The study of human bipedalism has been overshadowed by many
polarized debates. One dispute concerns whether or not
australopithecines were wholly terrestrial or retained a degree of
arboreality. Another deliberation focuses on the bipedalism of
australopithecines compared to modern humans: was it similar,
intermediate in nature, or unique? Because of the preoccupation
with discussions such as these, the significant fact that modern
human walking is more than locomotion on two legs has been
underemphasized.
This volume focuses on the pattern and process of the transition to
the modern form of human locomotion, with its adaptations for a
striding stiff-legged gait, efficiency of running, and economy of
resource transport. This emerging group of contributors spanning
the fields of anthropology, biology and anatomy debate issues such
as:
-When and in what sequence did these morphological traits appear?
-What were the changes in the bio-behavioral complex of hominin
locomotor evolution?
-What were the implications for the enhancement and expansion of
hominin mobility?
The study of human bipedalism has been overshadowed by many
polarized debates. One dispute concerns whether or not
australopithecines were wholly terrestrial or retained a degree of
arboreality. Another deliberation focuses on the bipedalism of
australopithecines compared to modern humans: was it similar,
intermediate in nature, or unique? Because of the preoccupation
with discussions such as these, the significant fact that modern
human walking is more than locomotion on two legs has been
underemphasized.
This volume focuses on the pattern and process of the transition to
the modern form of human locomotion, with its adaptations for a
striding stiff-legged gait, efficiency of running, and economy of
resource transport. This emerging group of contributors spanning
the fields of anthropology, biology and anatomy debate issues such
as:
-When and in what sequence did these morphological traits appear?
-What were the changes in the bio-behavioral complex of hominin
locomotor evolution?
-What were the implications for the enhancement and expansion of
hominin mobility?
"Words are more than hieroglyphs, constanents, and syllables. They
hold power. They can build or destroy. Once spoken they cannot be
taken back nor ignored." Paraphrased from Yuko Ichihara - xxxholic
On the edge of the Arctic Ocean, above the Arctic Circle, the
prehistoric settlements at Point Hope, Alaska, represent a truly
remarkable accomplishment in human biological and cultural
adaptations. Presenting a set of anthropological analyses on the
human skeletal remains and cultural material from the Ipiutak and
Tigara archaeological sites, The Foragers of Point Hope sheds new
light on the excavations from 1939-41, which provided one of the
largest sets of combined biological and cultural materials of
northern latitude peoples in the world. A range of material items
indicated successful human foraging strategies in this harsh Arctic
environment. They also yielded enigmatic artifacts indicative of
complex human cultural life filled with dense ritual and artistic
expression. These remnants of past human activity contribute to a
crucial understanding of past foraging lifeways and offer important
insights into the human condition at the extreme edges of the
globe.
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