... by folding their wings over the body to adopt a ballistic posture. Calypte anna Maximal lift Mechanical power Vertical climbing Ascending flight is commonly used by volant taxa in a diversity of biological contexts, including chases, escapes and mating behavior. Climbing animals must exert...

... Biomechanics African apes Vertical climbing Suspension Knuckle-walking The human hand is unique among primate hands in its enhanced ability to precisely and forcefully manipulate objects (e.g. Napier, 1955 ; Marzke, 1997 , 2013 ). However, understanding how these abilities evolved requires...

...Karin Isler; Susannah K. S. Thorpe SUMMARY Vertical climbing is central to the locomotor and foraging strategies of the great apes and, indeed, to theories about the evolution of locomotor specialisations of hominoid primates. Nevertheless, its kinematics have yet to be fully evaluated. Here, we...