biped

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H. erectus—the likely ancestor to the lineage that led to our own species, H. sapiens—would have peered across its territory and seen two other bipeds from two different genera, Australopithecus and Paranthropus.

From Scientific American

Thousands of years before its use by bipeds, the path was tamped down by what historians believe to be bison headed to the salt licks around Nashville.

From New York Times

We bipeds generally outlive our pets and must bear the pain of loss.

From Washington Post

As we spoke, Rugg pulled out a 37-page term paper on the existence of the elusive biped, written while he was a student at Stanford.

From Washington Post

He has used maximum rhetorical shrillness, warning that fossil fuels pose an “existential” threat to Earth — the end of all flora and fauna, including us bipeds.

From Washington Post