Question

discuss the costs of bipedalism,or the compromises the body made in the trade for bipedalosm.

Answer 1

cost of bipedelism

• It have greater exposure to potential predator.bipend can see farther and see more easily.potential back injuries,slipped disks and arthritis are risk in nature. Another cost is as walking upright,lifting heavy object and carrying high object and put risk of strain on lower back.
• Vericose vein also one of the cost by bipedelism because the circulatory system has to move blood from the leg to heart and the valves in the veins of the leg break down and blood pools that causing veins to bulge .if the injury occur to one foot or leg , individual unable to move

For early hominid without cultural adaptations such ad crutches this would drastically affect their survival. The adults pelvic girdle showing internal trajactory pathway for body weight transfer on the right hand side. This all show compromise the body made in the trade for bipedelism.