When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...

For more than a century, scientists have known that while the commands that initiate movement come from the brain, the neurons that control locomotion once movement is underway reside within the ...

One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of ...

One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of bipedalism. Knowing the type of locomotion used by many fossil species — ...

The experts Josep M. Potau and Neus Ciurana at the Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona. One of the most fascinating periods ...

Locomotion makes things move, and certain forms of locomotion make them move better than others. Those more effective types of locomotion change depending on the environment, which is even more true ...