Apes may have evolved upright stature for leaves, not fruit, in open woodland habitats
Anthropologists have long thought that our ape ancestors evolved an upright torso in order to pick fruit in forests, but new research from the University of Michigan suggests a life in open woodlands and a diet that included leaves drove apes' upright stature.
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Source: umich.edu