Bipedal Human Ancestor Spent Time in the Trees (9 of 9) (IMAGE)

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Bipedal Human Ancestor Spent Time in the Trees (9 of 9)

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This is Zeray Alemseged preparing Selam in 2002. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 26, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by David Green at Midwestern University in Downers Grove, Ill. and Zeresenay Alemseged at California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Calif. was titled, "Australopithecus afarensis Scapular Ontogeny, Function, and the Role of Climbing in Human Evolution."

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[Image courtesy of Zeray Alemseged / Dikika Research Project]

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