Bet you can't figure this riddle out!?

Question

What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening!?

Answer 1

people. You start crawling, then walk, the use a cane when you get older.

Answer 2

It is common knowledge that Oedipus solved the riddle of the sphinx, but this cannot be quite right—at least, if we require that a riddle-solver understand his own solution. The sphinx asked what walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three legs in the evening. Oedipus doesn’t realize that if ‘human’ is the answer to the riddle, then he is not human, for, perversely, he walked on three legs in the morning (his legs were pinned together) and would walk on four legs in the evening (blind, he would be led by his daughter Antigone). The cruel irony is that although Oedipus can give the correct answer, he cannot understand it.

Answer 3

Well, the riddle of the sphinx comes alive yet again. The timing is what throws people off. The answer is mankind.

The "morning" means early in the life of a man (a baby crawling), the "afternoon" means midway through life (from the walking stage to old age), and the "evening" means advanced age (hobbling with a cane).

Answer 4

a dog walks on four legs in the morning
and at 2:00 in the afternoon
and at 3:00 in the evening

Answer 5

What walks on four legs in the morning = when you are a child (crawling)
Two in the afternoon = when you grow as adult (on your feet)
Three in the evening = when you are old and using a walking stick

Answer 6

A man. He crawls at the beginning of his life, walks upright on two legs in the middle, and uses a cane at the end of his life (though with modern walkers more prevalent than canes now it should be six legs in the evening). This was the riddle the sphynx posed to Oedipus on his way to Thebes.

Answer 7

you've read oedipus haven't you?
the answer is man since he crawls on all fours while small (morning) walks on two in the prime of his life (afternoon) and has a cane acting as a third limb when he's old (evening)

Answer 8

This was taken from the old sphinx puzzle about a baby on our legs, man on 2 legs, old man on two legs and a cane (3 legs).

Answer 9

a baby crawling on all fours in the mornin, an adult walking around in the afternoon, and old man in the evening with a cane ...

Answer 10

hmmm...the riddle of the Sphinx. answer: a man.
crawls on all 4 in the morning of his life,
stands and wals on 2 legs in the afternoon,
and in the evening of his journey he needs cane (3rd leg) to help him on his way.

Answer 11

a human first they are a baby which crawls (2 arms 2 legs)grows to an (wo)man which walks on 2 legs then changes into a old (wo)man which walks with a cane.