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The Advantage of Standing Up to Fight and the Evolution of Habitual Bipedalism in Hominins
BACKGROUND: Many quadrupedal species stand bipedally on their hindlimbs to fight. This posture may provide a performance advantage by allowing the forelimbs to strike an opponent with the range of motion that is intrinsic to high-speed running, jumping, rapid braking and turning; the range of motion...
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Public Library of Science
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097185/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21611167 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019630 |