“They add that these evolutionary fixes do not ward off an array of problems that arise from our biped stance.”

“What is the name of the blankety-blank biped species responsible for leaving messy spots around public toilet seats?”

“The ultimate aim of the human evolution is to become ' human ' instead of a well dressed and well armed biped animal.”

“They concluded that movement by the protohominids into this novel dimension of behavior was importantly linked with the advent of bipedalism.”

“One of the pleasures of Stanford's book is its splendidly gossipy account of recent research into the early history of hominid bipedalism.”

“An opposing camp argues that bipedalism is simply the most energy-efficient way for a hominid to get around on a flat surface.”

“The open savannas where the earliest bipeds evolved were hot, with little shade, and the effect of the sun would have been severe.”

“Further changes must have affected the hip bone in later stages, bringing it into line with the structure found in today's human bipeds.”

“Australopithecus postcranial skeletons demonstrate that these forms were upright bipeds.”