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Seven million years ago, maybe more, great apes started walking. We don’t know exactly why, although theories emphasize various evolutionary advantages: energy efficiency, resource transportation, movement versatility, and the ability to scan above the tall savanna grass. Whatever the reason, these early bipeds unwittingly walked down a new evolutionary branch which would lead, millions of years later, to their descendants—the species Homo sapiens—walking all around the world.