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... Gracile australopithecines, from which the genus Homo evolved, retained an apelike pattern of development, arboreal adaptations, from their ancestors. Thus, even females with infants could have been adept tree climbers, and the need to avoid predators must have required that gracile australopithecines be habitual climbers.
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