Christine Tardieu, born on 28 April 1949, in Boulogne-Billancourt, is a French researcher, paleontologist, and evolutionary biologist.
She specializes in functional morphology and biomechanics, with a particular focus on the origin and progression of human bipedalism.
[1] In 1987, she presented her thesis titled "Development of a new computerized method for three-dimensional analysis of bipedal walking for the study of the displacements of the body's centers of gravity: application to humans and non-human primates".
[2] She specializes in functional morphology and biomechanics, with a particular focus on the origin and progression of human bipedalism.
[4] Additionally, her research related to the fossils from the African Great Lakes and Ethiopia has allowed her to push back the date of hominid presence in this subregion.