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caio · 4454 days ago · link · · parent · post: AskHubski: What are the top ten most positively influential events in human history?
Walking upright
Birth of language Invention of printing press Birth of Isaac Newton The indian independence movement Invention of the transistor Monty Python Birth of Carl Sagan Invention of computers and the internet Apollo 11
AnSionnachRua · 4453 days ago · link ·
I was going to include upright bipedalism but decided not to given that it is not exclusive to human hominids (and indeed was around long before any of the Homo genus walked the plains; it is thought the Australopithecines were the first to walk on their hind legs).
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There are also the Bonobo apes, chimps who can walk some distances on their hind legs.[1] I included it because, even though not particular to humans, it was still decisive in the history of humanity.
And because of 2001: A Space Odyssey. http://youtu.be/xd3-1tcOthg?t=50s