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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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Apes may have evolved upright stature for leaves, not fruit, in open woodland habitats

Apes may have evolved upright stature for leaves, not fruit, in open woodland habitats
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Apes may have begun walking upright to eat leaves, not fruits

Previously, it was thought that the upright posture evolved as a means to pluck fruit from trees in dense forests.

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Apes Evolved Upright Posture for Leaves in Open Woodland Habitats

Apes Evolved Upright Posture for Leaves in Open Woodland Habitats
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