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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Bipedalism"”.
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Development of an integrated information system for archaeological heritage documentation
… presents the first physical evidence of human bipedalism. Its consequent significance to human evolutionary science justifies the need for highly detailed and accurate documentation of its characteristics. The thesis explores digital photogrammetric techniques as data acquisition tools for this …
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Mechanical engineering challenges in humanoid robotics
… the context of the evolutionary origins of human bipedalism and the biomechanics of walking and running. Precise joint angle control bipedal robots and passive-dynamic walkers, the two most prominent classes of modem bipedal robots, are found to have their own strengths and shortcomings. An …
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Evolutionary dynamics of the hominin pelvis
… two distinctly human traits - efficient habitual bipedalism and a birth canal that allows for passage of a relatively large-brained neonate - it is arguably uniquely important for understanding our evolution. Most previous studies of pelvic evolution, and paleoanthropology in general, use …
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Evolution of the Hominoid Vertebral Column
… In light of these findings, it is proposed that bipedalism evolved in a party arboreal, partly terrestrial African ape-like locomotor context."
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New Insights into the Evolution of Learned Vocalization from the Australian Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia castanotis
… 0.5 mya we evolved more dexterous hand control, bipedalism, light colored eyes, larger brains, less hair, weaker muscles, higher intelligence, greater eusociality, novel sweat glands, and spoken language; to name a few of the traits which separate us from other apes. As there are no extant …
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Using multivariate calibration to evaluate hominin brain/body size relationships
… than great apes. For example, the transition to bipedalism may have been eased by lowering covariation within the hip, thus reducing evolutionary constraint. This pattern of ``evolvability"" could extend to more general modules or groups of traits, like the skull and brain size, or skeletal and …
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The biomechanical consequences of body size differences in humans
… are bipedal, and they are assumed to perform bipedalism in essentially the same way. Body size affects nearly all aspects of any animal’s ecology, physiology, and behavior, including locomotor behavior. Much of the theory underlying the consequences of size variation on locomotion was …