Month: February 2025

Obligate Bipedalism – A form of bipedalism where walking on two legs is the primary mode of locomotion, as seen in humans.

Bipedalism – The ability to walk upright on two legs, a defining characteristic of hominins.

Paleoenvironment – The ancient environmental conditions in which early humans lived, inferred from fossil and geological evidence.

Endocast – A cast of the inside of a skull used to study brain size and shape in extinct hominins.

Holocene Epoch – The current geological epoch, starting around 11,700 years ago, characterized by human civilization and technological advancements.

Pleistocene Epoch – The geological period from about 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago, marked by ice ages and human evolution.

Acheulean Tools – More advanced stone tools, including hand axes, primarily associated with Homo erectus.

Oldowan Tools – The earliest known stone tools, associated with Homo habilis.

Laetoli Footprints – Fossilized footprints in Tanzania that provide early evidence of bipedalism in hominins.