Which of the following is NOT considered to be a potential adaptive reason for bipedalism? Group of answer choices It helps cool the body by dispensing heat more rapidly It frees the arms and hands to transport food It elevates the head so that we could locate potential food sources or danger It takes more metabolic energy to run somewhere than to walk
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