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Coming down from the trees: is terrestrial activity in Bornean orangutans natural or disturbance driven? [PDF]

, 2014
The orangutan is the world's largest arboreal mammal, and images of the red ape moving through the tropical forest canopy symbolise its typical arboreal behaviour. Records of terrestrial behaviour are scarce and often associated with habitat disturbance.
Ambu, Laurentius N, Ancrenaz, Marc, Bernard, Henry, Bohm, Torsten, Brodie, Jedediah, Cheyne, Susan M, Fredriksson, Gabriella, Gardner, Penny C, Goossens, Benoit, Hanya, Goro, Harrison, Mark E, Hearn, Andrew J, Kanamori, Tomoko, Kretzschmar, Petra, Lee, Shan Khee, Loken, Brent, Macdonald, David W, Matsuda, Ikki, Meijaard, Erik, Mohamed, Azlan, Nakabayasi, Miyabi, Riger, Peter, Ross, Joanna, Samejima, Hiromitsu, Sollmann, Rahel, Spehar, Stephanie, Stark, Danica J, Wich, Serge, Wilting, Andreas   +28 more
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Human bipedalism and body-mass index

Scientific Reports, 2017
Body-mass index, abbreviated as BMI and given by M/H 2 with the mass M and the height H, has been widely used as a useful proxy to measure a general health status of a human individual.
Su Do Yi, Jae Dong Noh, Petter Minnhagen, Mi-Young Song, Tae-Soo Chon, Beom Jun Kim   +5 more
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Elastic energy storage in the shoulder and the evolution of high-speed throwing in Homo [PDF]

, 2013
Although some primates, including chimpanzees, throw objects occasionally1,2, only humans regularly throw projectiles with high speed and great accuracy.
Lieberman, Daniel E., Rainbow, Michael J., Roach, Neil T., Venkadesan, Madhusudhan   +3 more
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Mechanical engineering challenges in humanoid robotics [PDF]

, 2011
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2011.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (p.
Lu, Peter Guang Yi
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Take-off mechanics in hummingbirds (Trochilidae) [PDF]

, 2004
Initiating flight is challenging, and considerable effort has focused on understanding the energetics and aerodynamics of take-off for both machines and animals.
Altshuler, Douglas L., Powers, Donald R., Tobalske, Bret W.   +2 more
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Kinematic movement analysis of change from quadrupedalism to bipedalism [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo), 2008
Objective: To assess the joint’s kinematics of the trunk, hip, knee and ankle in the sagittal plane during the postures changes from quadrupedalism to bipedalism. Methods: Twelve volunteers participated in this study: six female and six males, aged 20 to
Paulo Roberto Garcia Lucareli, Juliana Tais Estevam, Mário Oliveira Lima, Juliane Gomes de Almeida, Fernanda Púpio Silva Lima, Ligia Maria Presumido Braccialli, Rafaela Okano Gimenes   +6 more
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Fetal Load and the Evolution of Lumbar Lordosis in Bipedal Hominins [PDF]

, 2010
Anthropolog
Lieberman, Daniel Eric, Shapiro, Liza J., Whitcome, Katherine Kay   +2 more
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Comparative cranial anatomy of Homo sapiens and Canis lupus familiaris: morphological, functional, and educational perspectives with a glance to biodiversity

Journal of Biological Research
Cranial morphology reflects a species’ evolutionary history, functional adaptations, and environmental interactions. This comparative anatomical study examines the key structural differences between the cranium of humans (Homo sapiens) and that of ...
Melania Ionelia Gratie, Elena Varotto, Massimo Fresta, Antonella Marino Gammazza, Francesca Rappa, Francesco Maria Galassi, Francesco Cappello   +6 more
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Fifty years of debate on the origins of human bipedalism

Journal of Biological Research, 2012
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Brigitte Senut
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In the beginning was the big toe: Bataille, base materialism, bipedalism [PDF]

, 2015
This article goes back to Georges Bataille's ruminations on the big toe, published in Documents in 1929, in order to make a materialist case for the claim that this digit is, above all for evolutionary reasons, definitive of human beings humanity.
Beaumont, M
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