Since the first discovery of human fossils in the mid‐19th century, two subjects—our
phylogenetic relationship to living and fossil apes and the ancestral locomotor behaviors …

Positional behavior (posture and locomotion) studies are a category of primatological and
anthropological field research that attempts to describe movement capabilities and …

Hominoids exhibit a strikingly diverse set of locomotor adaptations—including knuckle-
walking, brachiation, quadrumanuous suspension, and striding bipedalism—while also …

Studies on the cross‐sectional geometry of long bones in African apes have documented
that shape ratios derived from second moments of area about principle axes (eg, Imax/Imin) …

The material composition of vertebrate connective tissue is highly conserved across taxa.
Existing data suggest that the compressive and tensile strength of limb bones are very …

Abstract Information on positional behavior can help elucidate relationships between a
species' morphology, behavior, and environment. Delacour's langurs (Trachypithecus …

Abstract Information on positional behavior contributes to the understanding of the
ecological adaptation mechanisms in animals. We collected data on the positional behavior …

Body mass plays an important role in primate positional behavior and in sexually dimorphic
arboreal primate species may influence how immature and adult individuals travel through …

Over the last decade, we have learned much about the anatomy, evolutionary history, and
biomechanics of the extant sloths. However, most of this study has involved studying sloths …

Uncovering links between skeletal morphology and locomotor behavior is an essential
component of paleobiology because it allows researchers to infer the locomotor repertoire of …