bipedal
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The key lies in a skeletal feature previously seen only in bipedal members of the human lineage.
From Science Daily
Humanoids have an obvious appeal: bipedal, with flexible joints, robots like Optimus are designed to function more easily in spaces meant for humans.
“Full bipedal humanoids are the Newtons of our times,” Dogrusoz said.
Coprolites attributed to the archosaur Smok—a fearsome 5-meter-long bipedal predator with serrated teeth and powerful jaws—contained the crushed bones and teeth of its prey.
From Science Magazine
So goes the riddle of the Sphinx, and the answer, as Oedipus discerned, is man: crawling as an infant, bipedal as an adult, walking with a cane in old age.
From New York Times
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