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Human bipedal instability in tree canopy environments is reduced by “light touch” fingertip support
Whether tree canopy habitats played a sustained role in the ecology of ancestral bipedal hominins is unresolved. Some argue that arboreal bipedalism was prohibitively risky for hominins whose increasingly modern anatomy prevented them from gripping branches with their feet. Balancing on two legs is...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5430707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28442732 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01265-7 |