Understanding the adaptive value of diagonal-sequence gaits in primates: A comment on Shapiro and Raichlen, 2005

Lateral sequence walking in infant Papio

Lateral sequence walking in infant Papio cynocephalus: Implications for the evolution of diagonal sequence walking in primates

✍ Liza J. Shapiro; David A. Raichlen 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 173 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract One of the most distinctive aspects of primate quadrupedal walking is the use of diagonal sequence footfalls in combination with diagonal‐couplets interlimb timing. Numerous hypotheses have been offered to explain why primates might have evolved this type of gait, yet this important que