#  Nature, NYT, and Harvard Gazette Feature: The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps 

 





August 27, 2025

 

 

 ![Gayani Senevirathne (left) holds the shorter, wider human pelvis, which evolved from the longer upper hipbones of primates, which Terence Capellini is displaying.  Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/2025-08/harvard%20gazette%208-27-25.png)

 

Gayani Senevirathne (left) holds the shorter, wider human pelvis, which evolved from the longer upper hipbones of primates, which Terence Capellini is displaying.*Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer*We are thrilled to share that HEB professor Terry Capellini and affiliates\* have a new paper out today in [*Nature*](//www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09399-9)*.*

The Nature piece was also featured in [*The New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/science/human-evolution-ilium-bipedal.html), which includes a great story about Gayani Senevirathne’s adventures transporting their samples.

Don't resist a good field trip story!

The news was also featured in the [*Harvard Gazette*](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/08/solving-evolutionary-mystery-of-how-humans-came-to-walk-upright/) piece, entitled "Solving evolutionary mystery of how humans came to walk upright: New study identifies genetic, developmental shifts that resculpted pelvis, setting ancestors apart from other primates", written by Harvard Staff Writer Kermit Pattison!

\*HEB affiliated co-authors are: Gayani Senevirathne, Serena C. Fernandopulle, Daniel Richard, Anika Liv Christensen, Naomi Freilich & Terence D. Capellini.



 

 

 



 

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