Nature., 1998; 394(6695): 721-3
Locomotion. Just skip it
Year: 1998
Farley CT
Abstract
When four-legged animals want to move quickly they gallop -- a gait that was thought to have no equivalent in humans. But a new paper shows that skipping in humans is biomechanically similar to galloping. In both cases, pendulums and springs collaborate to conserve mechanical energy.GID: 94; Last update: 16.12.2007