"Born to run" and not "born to climb trees and pick fruit". New evidence
that the fully upright bipedal posture reduces human's abilities to climb
trees.

Yahoo News report based on an article that  appears in the current "Nature"
magazine:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&u=/nm/20041117/sc_nm/science_running_dc_3&printer=1

Here's a short intro on the Nature website:

http://www.nature.com/nature/links/041118/041118-1.html

and the article summary:

http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v432/n7015/abs/nature03052_fs.html&dynoptions=doi1100793286

Full text of the article is on the Nature website - for subscribers,
those with proxy access, andfor purchase by all others.

Tom Billings