Bipedialism (lecture 2) Flashcards
1
Q
What do the elephants of koitogor tell us?
A
That there must be a balance between spending energy foraging for food and the energy contained within that food.
2
Q
What did Cavagna (1997) find?
A
Estimated that 70% of the work done during walking used the exchange mechanism of potential and kinetic energy
3
Q
What did Holt (1991,1995) find?
A
Showed a positive correlation of 0.71 between stride period and leg length
