How viable is the argument that increased locomotor efficiency was a n important agent in the origin of hominid bipedalism? This study reviews data from the literature on the cost of human bipedal walking and running and compares it to data on quadrupedal mammals including several non-human primate
Gait and the energetics of locomotion in horses
β Scribed by Hoyt, Donald F.; Taylor, C. Richard
- Book ID
- 109723509
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 291 KB
- Volume
- 292
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/292239a0
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