locomotion

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The paper, "New finds shed light on diet and locomotion in Australopithecus deyiremeda," appears in the journal Nature.

From Science Daily

That allows it to create an earthworm-type locomotion, which is like a wave of contraction and expansion that moves along its body.

From BBC

The answer could doom a leading market for the swift two-wheelers that have expanded locomotion choices in the French capital and other urban centers and towns around the world.

From Seattle Times

“You use muscle groups in a way you usually don’t do in everyday locomotion.”

From Scientific American

“Our system adapts a single unified propulsion mechanism for both environments: it has four limbs, and those limbs can transition between a flipper state for aquatic locomotion and a leg state for terrestrial locomotion.”

From Scientific American