The early Pleistocene marks a period of major transition in hominin body form, including
increases in body mass and stature relative to earlier hominins. However, because complete …

Fossil hominin footprints provide a direct source of evidence of locomotor behavior and
allow inference of other biological data such as anthropometrics. Many recent comparative …

Introduction Fossilised footprints have been discovered all over the world and can provide
information regarding the foot size and subsequent body size estimates of the track makers …

Summary The Dynamic Similarity Hypothesis (DSH) suggests that when animals of different
size walk at similar Froude numbers (equal ratios of inertial and gravitational forces) they will …

Dynamic similarity is a widely used concept in the fluid mechanics field, and consists in
placing two different-sized systems in equivalent experimental conditions. This enables …

Robots are often used to perform similar tasks on vastly different scales. When utilizing
traditional design approaches, this typically requires a full redesign and optimization at each …

The skeletal system has long been resigned to a supporting role in maintaining
physiological function and homeostasis. Traditional descriptions of the skeletal system in …

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that running at fixed fractions of Froude (Nfr)
and Strouhal (Str) dimensionless numbers combinations induce dynamic similarity between …

This paper assesses the proximity of the degree of similarity between the behaviour of a
model and the actual product from technical and economic criteria. The methodology is best …

Animals have demonstrated that legged locomotion can provide an efficient, rapid and
robust means for traversing natural and artificial terrains and obstacles while employing …