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- noun The condition of being a
quadruped
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Examples
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Re human quadrupedalism, may I hope that you will be discussing feral children in this capacity?
Why I hate Darwin’s beard Darren Naish 2007
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When averaged as a group, the chimpanzees showed no significant difference between bipedalism and quadrupedalism.
Going Bipedal 2007
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Moreover, the human bipedal gait was found to be nearly four times more efficient than chimpanzee quadrupedalism.
Going Bipedal 2007
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The Turkish children featured in the documentary show what I'd call facultative quadrupedalism; they walk on all fours out of necessity.
Archive 2006-11-01 Field Notes 2006
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The Turkish children featured in the documentary show what I'd call facultative quadrupedalism; they walk on all fours out of necessity.
Human Family Walks on All Fours Field Notes 2006
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The authors mention that wrist-walking might have been an intermediate stage during the evolution of bipedalism from quadrupedalism.
Archive 2006-03-01 AYDIN 2006
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Those primates that are proficient at terrestrial quadrupedalism exhibit a very well-developed mNr.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Satoru Onodera et al. 2009
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The chimpanzee's mNr is the smallest and most limited in size for quadrupedalism and arboreal life.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Satoru Onodera et al. 2009
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The cat possesses a continuous zonal neural sheet consisting of the ND, NB and the poorly-developed dm - and vl-pNr and it is readily seen that this mNr is well-developed for quadrupedalism (Onodera, 1984
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Satoru Onodera et al. 2009
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