This is PHYSICAL evidence, not just-so story suppositions.
"Given the challenges of interpreting arches from fossil feet, the Laetoli & Ileret tracks are considered the least equivocal evidence for a deep history of longitudinally arched foot morphologies in hominin evolution."Brought into view through this new lens is a pattern of foot function & BP locomotion that was human-like in some ways yet still importantly different."(aquarboreal)
"While isolated analyses of skeletal fossils have generated conflicting interpretations about whether the A.afarensis foot functioned like that of a modern human, our analysis of the arched Laetoli footprints provides a unique kinematic synthesis.
"In contrast, 1.5 Ma tracks from Ileret preserve the earliest evidence for a fully human-like pattern of foot kinematics. Tracks from Ileret (4 from 3 trackways) have RAVs where we would expect similarly deep modern human tracks to fall (Fig.4a). Thesedata provide new evidence to support inferences of human-like foot kinematics in H.erectus. We emphasize, however, that our track ontogeny results simultaneously invalidate direct association between arched footprint morphology & arched foot anatomy at
"The results of our track analyses suggest that important changes to foot anatomy & function occurred at or before the emergence of the genus Homo, where a suite of postcranial changes could correspond to selective influences of locomotor behaviourssuch as long-distance walking or endurance running."(:-DDD)
Primum Sapienti wrote:
This is PHYSICAL evidence, not just-so story suppositions.
What do you think this PHYSICAL evidence shows, and why?
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01929-2
Published: 05 January 2023
Abstract
The longitudinal arch of the human foot is viewed as
a pivotal adaptation for bipedal walking and running. ...
The REAL link and abstract, not what you made up. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01929-2
Published: 05 January 2023
The longitudinal arch of the human foot is viewed as a pivotal adaptation for bipedal walking and running.
kudu runner:
The REAL link and abstract, not what you made up.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01929-2
Published: 05 January 2023
The longitudinal arch of the human foot is viewed as a pivotal adaptation for bipedal walking and running.
"viewed" by kudu runners... :-DDD
Only *incredible* idiots believe that you can run faster with flat feet.
Never heard of digitigrade carnivores & unguligrade herbivores??
Plantigrady = slow.
Stupid stupid stupid kudu runners!
Found those nostrils on the tip of your nose?
The longitudinal arch of the human foot is viewed as
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