Oct 6, 2015 · Using kinematic analysis, a team of researchers from Stony Brook University and the University of Arizona College of Medicine found that chimp and human locomotion share more similarities than...

Oliver (c. 1957 – 2 June 2012) [1] was a former "performing" chimpanzee once promoted as a missing link or "humanzee" due to his somewhat human-like appearance and a tendency to walk upright. Despite his somewhat unusual appearance and behavior, scientists found that Oliver was not a human-chimpanzee hybrid.

What can we learn from chimps swinging their hips? In this Nature Video, we investigate the walking style of our primate cousins, and see what they can teac...

Knuckle-walking is a form of quadrupedal walking in which the forelimbs hold the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckles. Gorillas and chimpanzees use this style of locomotion, as do anteaters and platypuses.

Nov 26, 2016 · Chimpanzees have long arms with long-fingered hands and they bend their fingers underneath, walking on the knuckles of their hands and the flat part of their feet. One cool thing about knuckle-walking is that it leaves your hands free to carry your dolls:

Oct 6, 2015 · DO THE TWIST Chimps walk on two legs with surprising flexibility, rotating their upper bodies much as people do when walking, a new study finds. Researchers say this discovery supports the view...

Jul 16, 2007 · It seems that some chimps surprisingly use less energy walking on two feet than they do loping around on all four limbs. The researchers who discovered the expert walking ability of one chimp...

Oct 30, 2018 · Kate Carter, our director of Community Science Education, along with former executive director Eugenie Scott, explain how and why chimps walk the way they do - and how we've evolved to walk...

This video demonstrates how to perform the lateral chimp.

Mar 26, 2012 · A new study of chimpanzees suggests that early hominids evolved upright, two-legged walking to carry valuable resources away from competitors