GEO 1009F Lecture 9: Bipedal Locomotion Quiz

What is the term used to describe the form of bipedalism that is assumed as a regular means of locomotion?

Which animal is an example of facultative bipedalism as mentioned in the text?

Before the hominin lineage appeared, which creature is mentioned to have practiced habitual bipedalism?

What term is used in the text to describe the concept of locomoting on 2 legs, including walking, jogging, and running?

Which of the following animals is not mentioned as an example of an animal that practices obligate bipedalism?

In the context of the text, what does 'serial monopedalism' refer to?

What is one of the advantages of bipedalism mentioned in the text?

Which animal is mentioned as being bipedal while feeding in the text?

One of the disadvantages of bipedalism is that it makes an animal more visible to:

Which is not mentioned as one of the disadvantages of bipedalism in humans?

Which species does not engage in bipedal behavior, according to the text?

What percentage faster are quadrupedal chimpanzees and baboons compared to bipedal humans?

What environmental factor does the Nouveau Savanna hypothesis suggest may have contributed to the first emergence of bipedalism?

Why does the Dense Woodland model fall short as an explanation for the high level of bipedalism seen in early human ancestors?

Why might bipedalism have initially appeared in the fossil record without specific adaptive benefits?

Why is the Nouveau Savanna hypothesis not synonymous with a pure grassland environment?

What does the presence of bipedalism in the fossil record without a savanna environment suggest about its initial emergence?

Why does the text mention that a savanna is not inevitably synonymous with a pure grassland?