Research suggests that early macropodoids likely adopted a bounding gait before transitioning to bipedal hopping. Small ...
To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only 500 grams but is the ...
A musky rat-kangaroo in the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland. Photo by Amy TschirnTo understand why kangaroos hop - a rarity ...
Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of ...
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Dinosaurs evolved to have smaller brains as they became bigger, scientists discoverBipedal and quadrupedal refers to a shift from using two legs to four legs, by the way. It continues: “Here, we use virtual analytical methods to reconstruct the endocast of extinct dinosaurs ...
Lesothosaurus was small, agile, and bipedal, bearing seemingly little resemblance to the gigantic, quadrupedal ornithischians that came later. But physical features, such as hip structure and jaws ...
Even when travelling at high speeds, muskies always use quadrupedal gaits ... was a functional prerequisite in the evolution of bipedal hopping in macropodoids.” Combined with further ...
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