Comments on: ‘Ardi’ Scientists Used LifeModeler’s Software to Understand How Earliest Hominid Moved http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/10/02/%e2%80%98ardi%e2%80%99-scientists-used-lifemodeler%e2%80%99s-software-to-understand-how-earliest-hominid-moved/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Sarah http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/10/02/%e2%80%98ardi%e2%80%99-scientists-used-lifemodeler%e2%80%99s-software-to-understand-how-earliest-hominid-moved/comment-page-1/#comment-85540 Sarah Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:51:54 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=44336#comment-85540 Qualifying my previous statement... Yes, they were quadrupeds predominantly. They were arboreal; the divergent big toe was used to grasp, which suggests a lot of time in trees. But they were capable of bipedalism, just not to the extent that Lucy was or the hominids after that. Qualifying my previous statement…

Yes, they were quadrupeds predominantly. They were arboreal; the divergent big toe was used to grasp, which suggests a lot of time in trees. But they were capable of bipedalism, just not to the extent that Lucy was or the hominids after that.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/10/02/%e2%80%98ardi%e2%80%99-scientists-used-lifemodeler%e2%80%99s-software-to-understand-how-earliest-hominid-moved/comment-page-1/#comment-85537 Sarah Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:42:36 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=44336#comment-85537 No, I read somewhere that anthropologists and the people working on Ardi that they believe he was bipedal, meaning he walked upright. His foramen magnum was more forward on the skull than apes, which allowed him to be upright. No, I read somewhere that anthropologists and the people working on Ardi that they believe he was bipedal, meaning he walked upright. His foramen magnum was more forward on the skull than apes, which allowed him to be upright.

]]> By: mark flowers http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/10/02/%e2%80%98ardi%e2%80%99-scientists-used-lifemodeler%e2%80%99s-software-to-understand-how-earliest-hominid-moved/comment-page-1/#comment-85402 mark flowers Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:36:59 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=44336#comment-85402 Noticing that arms are much longer hands reach knees! elbows reach the waist..hands much larger and fingers longer.. seems it must have walked bent over some.. for the hands to reach the ground maybe?! Noticing that arms are much longer hands reach knees! elbows reach the waist..hands much larger and fingers longer.. seems it must have walked bent over some.. for the hands to reach the ground maybe?!

]]> By: Bruce V. Bigelow http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/10/02/%e2%80%98ardi%e2%80%99-scientists-used-lifemodeler%e2%80%99s-software-to-understand-how-earliest-hominid-moved/comment-page-1/#comment-85300 Bruce V. Bigelow Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:00:27 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=44336#comment-85300 Thanks for that comment. I laughed out loud! Thanks for that comment. I laughed out loud!

]]> By: Mike Licht http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/10/02/%e2%80%98ardi%e2%80%99-scientists-used-lifemodeler%e2%80%99s-software-to-understand-how-earliest-hominid-moved/comment-page-1/#comment-84935 Mike Licht Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:25:19 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=44336#comment-84935 Ardi's robust thumb musculature and flexible midcarpal (wrist) joint are perfect for text-messaging. See: http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/ardipithecus-ramidus/ Ardi’s robust thumb musculature and flexible midcarpal (wrist) joint are perfect for text-messaging.

See:

http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/ardipithecus-ramidus/

]]> By: amy http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/10/02/%e2%80%98ardi%e2%80%99-scientists-used-lifemodeler%e2%80%99s-software-to-understand-how-earliest-hominid-moved/comment-page-1/#comment-84812 amy Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:52:11 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=44336#comment-84812 hey this is so cool and this ancestor is so cool hey this is so cool and this ancestor is so cool

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