"Improved stance"

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/26/99 10:07:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Dinogeorge@aol.com writes:

> I have encountered no hypotheses of the origins of bipedality in archosaurs 
>  except those that simply take it for granted that it was an improvement 
over 
>  quadrupedality. The phrase "improved stance" and the like occur all too 
>  frequently in these works with no justification.

"Improved stance" doesn't refer to bipedality; it refers to erect carriage.

So it's a function of erect-gaited chauvinism, rather than bipedal chauvinism 
:-)

--Nick P.