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Kara Feilich and Andrew Yegian
DayCon 2016
A History of (Mostly Vertebrate) Locomotion
1,000,000,000 years in 40 minutes
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1859
Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species
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1859
Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species
“descent with modification”
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1859
Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species
“descent with modification”
i.e. animals are related to each other and descended from common ancestors
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The Timeline
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The Timeline
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The Timeline
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The beginning
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From one cell, many
C. Eeckhout/ CC BY 3.0
Christian Fischer/ CC BY-SA 3.0
matthewjparker/ CC BY-SA 3.0
800M
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From one cell, many
C. Eeckhout/ CC BY 3.0800M
Frank Fox, www.mikro-foto.de/CC BY-SA 3.0
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Multiple cells allows for specialized tissues
FunkMonk/ CC BY-SA 2.0
575M
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Muscle: The “Prime Mover”
575M
800M
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Muscle: The “Prime PULLER”
K.L. Feilich
575M
800M
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Muscles and Little Else
Smithsonian/ Public Domain
Matteo De Stefano-MUSE/ CC BY-SA 3.0
Hans Hillewaert/ CC BY-SA 4.0
575M
428M
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Muscles and Little Else
Jon Houseman/ CC BY-SA 3.0
575M
428M
Smithsonian/ Public Domain
Matteo De Stefano-MUSE/ CC BY-SA 3.0
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Muscles and Little Else
K.L. Feilich
575M
428M
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Muscles and Little Else
K.L. Feilich
575M
428M
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Muscles and Little Else
K.L. Feilich
575M
428M
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Bones Matter
Philippe Janvier/ CC BY 3.0
Tim Evanson/ CC BY-SA 2.0
428M
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Bones Matter, and Let You Have Joints
428M Pava/ Public Domain
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Paired Fins: The Body is No Longer the Only Motor
Citron/ CC BY-SA 3.0
CC 0 1.0
428M
358M
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Teleosts: Lighter and Nimbler
252M
Olaf/ Public Domain
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Water’s great, but land means WEIGHT
375M
NASA-Bill Stafford/ Public Domain
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Water’s great, but land means WEIGHT
375M
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375M
Nobu Tamura/CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY 2.5; Conty/Public Domain
Limbs: A solution to Gravity
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Necks: A Solution to Limbs
375M
Nobu Tamura/CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY 2.5
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Tiktaalik
Zina Deretsky, NSF/ Public Domain
Matt Mechtley/ CC BY-SA 2.0
375M
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Improving a Fish Out of Water
367M
10M
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Bigger is Better (if you’re more Upright)
367M
10M
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Tetrapod diversity
367M
10M
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Mammals
173M
10M
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Quick Summary of 100-10 Million
100M
10M
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Quick Summary of 100-10 Million
100M
10M
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Quick Summary of 100-10 Million
100M
10M
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Questions?
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Finally, Humans and Ancestors
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1859
Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species
“descent with modification”
i.e. animals are related to each other and descended from common ancestors
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1863
Thomas Henry Huxley
(a.k.a. “Darwin’s
Bulldog”)
Man’s Place in Nature
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1863
Thomas Henry Huxley(a.k.a. “Darwin’s Bulldog”)
Man’s Place in Nature
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APESintelligentarboreal
quadrupedal
HUMANSvery intelligent
terrestrialbipedal
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APESIntelligentarboreal
quadrupedal
HUMANSvery intelligent
terrestrialbipedal
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APESIntelligentarboreal
quadrupedal
HUMANSvery intelligent
terrestrialbipedal
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LCA (6-8 m.y.a.)
probably chimp-like
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“hominins”
LCA (6-8 m.y.a.)
probably chimp-like
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What is the defining characteristic of hominins?
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What is the defining characteristic of hominins?
Brain Size?
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What is the defining characteristic of hominins?
Brain Size?Buckner and Krienen (2014)
chimps
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What is the defining characteristic of hominins?
Brain Size?Buckner and Krienen (2014)
chimps
NOPE
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What is the defining characteristic of hominins?
Terrestrialism?
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What is the defining characteristic of hominins?
Terrestrialism?
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What is the defining characteristic of hominins?
Terrestrialism?
NOPE
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What is the defining characteristic of hominins?
Bipedalism?
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What is the defining characteristic of hominins?
Bipedalism?Sahelanthropus
(7 m.y.a.)Orrorin
(6 m.y.a.)
Ardipithecus(4.4 m.y.a.)
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What is the defining characteristic of hominins?
Bipedalism?Sahelanthropus
(7 m.y.a.)Orrorin
(6 m.y.a.)
Ardipithecus(4.4 m.y.a.)
YES!
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WHO ARE THE HOMININS?
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Early Hominins
7 – 4 m.y.a.
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Early Hominins
7 – 4 m.y.a.
The Australopiths
4 – 2 m.y.a.
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The Australopiths
4 – 2 m.y.a.
Homo
3 m.y.a. – pr.
Early Hominins
7 – 4 m.y.a.
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So why are hominins bipedal?
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So why are hominins bipedal?
Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
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So why are hominins bipedal?
Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
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So why are hominins bipedal?
Tall Grass Hypothesis
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So why are hominins bipedal?
Tall Grass Hypothesis
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So why are hominins bipedal?
Pugilist Hypothesis
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So why are hominins bipedal?
Pugilist Hypothesis
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So why are hominins bipedal?
Carrying Hypothesis
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So why are hominins bipedal?
Carrying Hypothesis
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So why are hominins bipedal?
Thermoregulatory Hypothesis
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So why are hominins bipedal?
Thermoregulatory Hypothesis
Maybe?
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So why are hominins bipedal?
Energetic Hypothesis
Sockol et al. (2007)Mo
vem
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So why are hominins bipedal?
Energetic Hypothesis
Sockol et al. (2007)
Pretty well supported
Mo
vem
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t C
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(en
ergy
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THE EMERGENCE OFHUMAN ATHLETICISM
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Human Athleticism
STRENGTH SPEED
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Human Athleticism
STRENGTH SPEED
We are not very strong… …or very fast!
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Human Athleticism
We are very good at endurance activity
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Homo erectus: The Endurance Runner
Homo erectus marked the emergence of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle
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Homo erectus2.5-0.5 mya
The first fully human body
• Long legs
• Short arms
• Gracile body form
• Balanced head
• Stiff foot
• Large tendons
ALL ADAPTATIONS
FOR RUNNING
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Homo erectus: The Endurance Runner
The ability to run prey to exhaustion allowed meat to become part of the
diet…
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Human Athleticism
…and allowed for expansion of the energetically expensive brain
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Human Athleticism
One consequence: humans are very fat!
Women: ~25% body fat Men: ~15% body fat
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Human Athleticism
One consequence: humans are very fat!
Women: ~25% body fat Men: ~15% body fat
Chimp: ~2% body fat
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Human Athleticism
WE EVOLVED TO BE ACTIVE ATHLETES
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Human Athleticism
Inactivity is a mismatch with our evolved bodies, leading to health problems
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