locomotion
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First, walking upright freed the hands from locomotion, creating new pressures that favored more specialized and asymmetric hand use.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
“He did, what I think is a very thorough job figuring out what’s causing this movement in the case of locomotion and tying down the mechanical elements,” Goard said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
She suspects vaults have a role in cell locomotion, perhaps by regulating expression of other proteins that form extensions that help cells get around.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2024
The researchers said that the current version of the robot has limited speed, and they are working to increase the locomotion in later generations.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2024
For a second, I was paralyzed and then I found my powers of locomotion and ran from the room—parlor manners be damned—to join him.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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