Dynamics of primate bipedal walking as viewed from the force of foot |
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| Authors: | Tasuku Kimura Morihiko Okada Hidemi Ishida |
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| Institution: | (1) Present address: Department of Legal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, 173 Tokyo, Japan;(2) Present address: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education, Tokyo University of Education, Nishihara 1-40, Shibuya-ku, 151 Tokyo, Japan;(3) Present address: Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, 606 Kyoto, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Bipedal walking of the six species of anthropoid primates including man were examined by means of the force plate technique.
Though each species has a particular pattern of bipedal walking, we can classify two types of patterns in these primates as
far as the foot force is concerned. The first type includes the man, chimpanzee, and spider monkey and the second type contains
the Japanese monkey, hamadryas baboon, and gibbon. It was emphasized that the similarity of man to the chimpanzee and spider
monkey in bipedal walking has some evolutionary significance. |
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