Tag Archives: walking
Human skull evolved along with two-legged walking, study confirms
The evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull — a claim that was previously contested but now has been further validated by researchers. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Walking the Jurassic Coast
Walking the West Jurassic Coast and Walking the East Jurassic Coast by Robert Westwood In recent years, the Jurassic Coast Trust really has produced some great books and I have had the privilege of reviewing quite a number of them in … Continue reading
Walking the Jurassic Coast
Dorset and East Devon: The Walks, the rocks, the fossils by Ronald Turnbull There are a lot of guide books to the Jurassic Coast Work Heritage Site. This one is intended to provide a useful introduction to the general geology … Continue reading
Walking Whale’ Fossil Discovered In Peru’s Ocucaje Desert
Geologist brushes the fossilized jaw of a whale lying on the desert pavement of Ocucaje, 310 km south of Lima Paleontologists in Peru have unearthed the fossil of a 40 million-year-old “walking whale.” Found in the Ocucaje Desert in southern … Continue reading
Foot fossils of human relative illustrate evolutionary ‘messiness’ of bipedal walking
A new study on Homo naledi, the extinct human relative whose remains were discovered in a South African cave and introduced to the world last month, suggests that although its feet were the most human-like part of its body, H. … Continue reading
Man celebrates 80th birthday walking Italy top to bottom
(ANSA) – Ispica, October 24 – When Alessandro Belliere turned 80 he refused to have a party but decided instead to celebrate by walking Italy from North to South. Belliere, who lives in the central city of Bologna, started his … Continue reading