delinquent noun [C]. âº a âperson, usually âyoung, who âbehaves in a way that is âillegal or not âacceptable to most âpeople: âjuvenile delinquents.
Sahelanthropus may have walked on two legs. The oldest evidence for walking on two legs comes from one of the earliest humans known, Sahelanthropus. Walking upright may have helped this species survive in the diverse habitats near where it livedâincluding forests and grasslands.
How do we know Sahelanthropus walked upright? Some of the oldest evidence of a humanlike species moving about in an upright position comes from Sahelanthropus. The foramen magnum (the large opening where the spinal cord exits out of the cranium from the brain) is located further forward (on the underside of the cranium) than in apes or any other primate except humans. This feature indicates that the head of Sahelanthropus was held on an upright body, probably associated with walking on two legs.