bipedalism
pronunciation
How to pronounce bipedalism in British English:
UK ['baɪpedlɪzəm]
How to pronounce bipedalism in American English:
US ['baɪpedlɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- the bodily attribute of being bipedal; having two feet
Word Origin
- bipedalism (n.)
- 1897; see bipedal + -ism.
Example
- 1. Biomechanical characteristics of bipedalism and possible locomotion mode of Australopithecus
- 2. We think about the evolution of bipedalism as one of first events that led hominids down the path to being human .
- 3. Two critical advances were bipedalism and encephalization .
- 4. The debate over the origins of human bipedalism has been argued since Charles Darwin 's day , dividing into two competing models .
- 5. Known as bipedalism , our habitual upright posture is unique in the animal kingdom and has arisen through specific complementary adaptations of the body and brain .