When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for understanding the evolution of bipedalism—focusing mainly on muscle insertion sites.

A new study, which centers on evidence from skulls of a 6-million-year-old fossil ape, Lufengpithecus, offers important clues about the origins of bipedal locomotion courtesy of a novel method: ...

Their experiments revealed cross-species locomotion features shared by dopamine-deficient worms, mice, and humans. Despite their evolutionary differences, all of these organisms are unable to move ...

In a lecture given on Friday, Feb. 10 titled “Human Locomotion: How Humans Move Efficiently and Stably,” Dr. Manoj Srinivasan, Associate Professor in Ohio State University's Department of Mechanical ...