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  • noun The condition of being a quadruped

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Examples

  • 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

  • When averaged as a group, the chimpanzees showed no significant difference between bipedalism and quadrupedalism.

    Going Bipedal 2007

  • Moreover, the human bipedal gait was found to be nearly four times more efficient than chimpanzee quadrupedalism.

    Going Bipedal 2007

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Those primates that are proficient at terrestrial quadrupedalism exhibit a very well-developed mNr.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Satoru Onodera et al. 2009

  • 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

  • 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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