Punchline in Story of Bipedalism: Our Ancestors Stood Up to Fight | Humans, Evolution & Bipedalism | LiveScience

Apparently, humans only walk upright because it made us better fighters. Seems counter-intuitive given the knuckle-dragging bullies out there today.

Then again, given our proclivity to violence, it makes perfect sense. I mean, we wouldn't have gotten to the moon without trying really, really hard to kill ourselves in new ways during World War II.