Adaptations for bipedal walking: Musculoskeletal structure and three-dimensional joint mechanics of humans and bipedal chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
M. C. O'Neill, B. Demes, N. E. Thompson, S. G. Larson, J. T. Stern, B. R. Umberger
This study compares the musculoskeletal structure and three-dimensional joint mechanics of human and bipedal chimpanzee walking, finding humans use elastic energy storage and have lower mechanical power output during stance phase.
bioRxiv · Feb 21, 2022Evolutionary Biology