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Walking with our ancestors

09.27.2022

How did Australopitecus, Homo habilis and our other ancestors or "cousins" walk? To find out, the biomechanists and computer scientists from the HoBis project are modelling the movements of humans equipped with sensors, as well as baboons, who occasionally walk on their two hind legs.

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Biomechanics [8]
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Primates [11]
Non-Human Primates [12]
Hominines [13]
Hominids [14]
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