What quails can teach us about the gait of dinosaurs

Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 10:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Motion scientists and zoologists of Jena University (Germany) study out the gait of birds. In the Proceedings of the Royal Society B the team published the first detailed analysis of the bipedal gait of quails. The scientists analyzed which effect the birds posture has on the movement of their legs and on their stability when they walk.

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