Human bipedal instability in tree canopy environments is reduced by “light touch” fingertip support

Abstract 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...

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Auteurs principaux: L. Johannsen, S. R. L. Coward, G. R. Martin, A. M. Wing, A. van Casteren, W. I. Sellers, A. R. Ennos, R. H. Crompton, S. K. S. Thorpe
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Publié: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/13e11cdb9e424ffdb36c857ad3527661
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