How did our ancestors walk?

Submitted on 03/11/2020

How did Australopitecus, Homo habilis and our other ancestors or "cousins" work? To find out, the biomechanics and computer scientists of the HoBis project are modeling the walking of human specimens covered with sensors, but also that of baboons, occasional adepts of movement on their two hind legs...

To discover this report proposed by the CNRS in partnership with LeMonde.fr (in french)

Franck Multon, head of the Mimetic research team

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