Working out the bipedal walking expenditure of energy based on foot morphology of different hominid genera: implications for foot evolution

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110646zbMath1465.92008OpenAlexW3129692593MaRDI QIDQ2029509

Di Hu, Ronglei Sun, Cai Hua Xiong

Publication date: 3 June 2021

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110646

zbMATH Keywords

functional modelbipedal walking energeticsfoot proportionsrelative foot height

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Biomechanics (92C10)

Uses Software

• phytools

Cites Work

• Ballistic walking: an improved model
• A collisional model of the energetic cost of support work qualitatively explains leg sequencing in walking and galloping, pseudo-elastic leg behavior in running and the walk-to-run transition
• The role of series ankle elasticity in bipedal walking

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