Danuvius guggenmosi
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Danuvius guggenmosi is an extinct species of great ape that lived 11.6 million years ago during the Middle–Late Miocene in southern Germany. It is the sole member of the genus Danuvius. The area at th
Hammerschmiede clay pit near Pforzen, where the fossils were found
Danuvius limb proportions are most similar to those of bonobos.
Orangutan suspensory behavior
Teilhardina DB15
Bipedalism
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Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an animal moves by means of its two rear limbs or legs. An animal or machine that usually moves in a bipedal manner is known as a biped, meaning 't
Danuvius guggenmosi
…discoverer, paleoanthropologist Madelaine Böhme, says Danuvius had adaptations for both hanging in trees (suspensory behavior) and walking on two legs (bipedalism)—whereas, among present-day great apes, humans are better adapted for the latter and the others the former. Danuvius thus had a method of locomotion…
An ostrich, the co-fastest extant biped at 70 km/h (43 mph)
A Man Running; by Eadweard Muybridge
A group of children racing
ASIMO – a bipedal robot