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Which choice most logically completes the text? One theory behind human bipedalism speculates that it originated in a mostly ground-based ancestor that practiced four-legged 'knuckle-walking,' like chimpanzees and gorillas do today, and eventually evolved into moving upright on two legs. But recently, researchers observed orangutans, another relative of humans, standing on two legs on tree branches and using their arms for balance while they reached for fruits. These observations may suggest that ______
- 1bipedalism evolved because it was advantageous to a tree-dwelling ancestor of humans.✓
- 2bipedalism must have evolved simultaneously with knuckle-walking and tree-climbing.
- 3moving between the ground and the trees would have been difficult without bipedalism.
- 4a knuckle-walking human ancestor could have easily moved bipedally in trees.
Correct answer
bipedalism evolved because it was advantageous to a tree-dwelling ancestor of humans.
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