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thumb|upright=1.2|An ostrich, the co-fastest extant biped at

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Contents
  • Etymology
  • Advantages
  • Facultative and obligate bipedalism
  • Movement
  • Bipedal animals
  • Extant reptiles
  • Early reptiles and lizards
  • Archosaurs (includes crocodilians and dinosaurs)
  • Birds
  • Other archosaurs
  • Mammals
  • Primates
  • Limited bipedalism
  • Limited bipedalism in mammals
  • Limited bipedalism in non-mammals (and non-birds)
  • Evolution of human bipedalism
  • Multiple factors
  • Savannah-based theory
  • Traveling efficiency hypothesis
  • Postural feeding hypothesis
  • Provisioning model
  • Early bipedalism in homininae model
  • Warning display (aposematic) model
  • Other behavioural models
  • Thermoregulatory model
  • Carrying models
  • Wading models
  • Vocal learning model
  • Consequences
  • Physiology
  • Biomechanics
  • Standing
  • Shoulder stability
  • Walking
  • Running
  • Musculature
  • Respiration
  • Bipedal robots
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|upright=1.2|An ostrich, the co-fastest extant biped at

Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an animal moves by means of its two rear (or lower) limbs or legs. An animal or machine that usually moves in a bipedal manner is known as a biped , meaning 'two feet' (from Latin bis 'double' and pes 'foot'). Types of bipedal movement include walking or running (a bipedal gait) and hopping.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “bipedalism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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