Humans evolved to walk upright because it uses less energy than travelling on all fours, according to researchers.
A US team compared the energy used by humans and by chimpanzees in walking.
The human bipedal gait is about four times more efficient than chimps getting around on either two or four legs, the researchers found.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Energy use ‘drove human walking’.
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