The contraction of forest habitat at the end of the Miocene epoch:

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The contraction of forest habitat at the end of the Miocene epoch made an already existing ability to walk on two feet newly advantageous as apes that could walk on two feet were better able to navigate and survive in open grasslands. This likely contributed to the evolution of hominins, human ancestors who walked upright on two feet. A and B are incorrect because bipedal locomotion and the ability to walk on two feet were already present in some ape species before the contraction of forest habitat. D is incorrect because the contraction of forest habitat would have likely led to the extinction of some ape species rather than the proliferation of new genera and species.

The Contraction of Forest Habitat at the End of the Miocene