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Stories about: climbing

Ancient Humans Were Not Good at Climbing Anthropologists and archaeologists have been scouting early human dig sites around the world for clues as to when the change from the primate-like state to a biped humanoid happened. They know that, in the grand scheme of things, ancient humans gave up their ability to use all of their four limbs to climb trees, in f... 14 April 2009 06:58 GMT No Difference between Walking and Climbing for Small Primates Duke University has shown in a recent experiment that small primates use up roughly the same amount of energy while climbing as they do while walking. The new finding could reveal why the tiny human ancestors chose to live a life in the trees more than 65 million years ago. The study involved five different species o... 16 May 2008 10:12 GMT Wacky Robots Go Scouting! Climb@Tron Challenges Mighty Brainizord, Defies Gravity... As weird as it may sound, there are some robots on the market that can actually climb on the top of the roof and make your cat jump…into the fireman's lap, of course. The original window-climbing robot is called Climb @ Tron EX, also known as the robot Explorer. The amazing thing with this kind of robot is its c... 21 September 2007 03:41 GMT