Gorillas' wrist bones, shown at right, form a column, illustrated in center drawing, that supports a distinctive mode of knuckle-walking, a new study suggests. Chimps' wrist bones, illustrated at left, allow for bent wrists better suited for tree climbing.
Chimpanzees don’t knuckle under like gorillas, and that may explain how people ended up walking on two legs, a new study suggests.
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