Un plantigrade est un mammifère qui marche sur la plante de ses pieds. Exemples : le blaireau, le lapin, l'ours, l'opossum, les primates, la souris. La marche plantigrade implique la sollicitation ...

Great apes and humans that are spoiling for a fight may have an evolutionary advantage, according to a new study. Scientists at the University of Utah have found that the heel-down posture of walking ...

A heel-down posture -- a feature that separates great apes, including humans, from other primates -- confers advantages in fighting, according to a new study published today in the journal Biology ...

A diagram of an experimental setup to test how a plantigrade (heel-down) stance affects the amount of force a person is able to apply to a pendulum. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

- an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings ...