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	Brachiation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brachiation (to brachiate) means to move by swinging with the arms from one hold to another (like one maneuvers on an Overhead ladder); for example through a tree, using branches as holds.
		True brachiation is only seen in lesser apes (gibbons) and spider monkeys.
		Brachiation in humans is considered by anthropologists to be a preadaptation to bipedialism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brachiation (140 words)

	Halfbakery: Brachiation Racing
		Brachiation is the act of swinging from bar to bar beneath a horizontal ladder.
		If a brachiator fell to the ground, he cluld drop out of the race by leaving the area.
		The next brachiator must remain behind this line until his teammate completes his trip and is on the ground.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Brachiation_20Racing (897 words)

	Die Gibbons (Hylobatidae): Eine Einführung
		Brachiation (Figure 5.1) is not only an effective form of locomotion, and it also allows the gibbons to reach and harvest every fruit of a branch.
		Whereas most arboreal primates are limited to the feed on fruits they can reach by sitting or standing on the substrate (such as a branch), gibbons are, in addition, able to access the fruits hanging underneath the substrate, which increases the yield of each branch considerably.
		The movement of the gibbon's body during brachiation resembles that of a pendulum and is subjected to similar physical forces.
	www.gibbons.de /main/introduction/chapter_english05.html (750 words)

	Brachiator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		because they evolved the brachiating habit, they evolved the morphology they have....Pongines (orangutans) have long arms and supple hands, but detailed examination of their musculature reveals that they really can't brachiate too well - same goes for hominines -...
		Brachiators by design are gibbons and spider monkeys, which have odd upper arm muscles and reduced thumbs." (http://dml.cmnh.org/1995Nov/msg00410.html)
		The brachiators held their bodies upright in the trees, and would sometimes go on the ground and walk upright.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brachiator (323 words)

	Brachiation - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Brachiation (to brachiate) means to move by swinging with the arms from one hold to another; for example through a tree, using branches as holds.
		True brachiation is only seen in lesser apes and spider monkeys.
		In some cases, especially in lesser apes, the animal can go through the tree faster than a human walking on the ground.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/r/a/Brachiation.html (76 words)

	www.myspace.com/brachiation
		Brachiation is finally nearing the end of an arduous and protracted breakdown.
		This page is therefore dedicated to said breakdown and all the consequent faltering columns and crashing ceilings.
		This page will also be used as the so-called "lemming jump-off" for new projects by the members of Brachiation, that is, before we get our shit together, wise up and try to distance ourselves from that cursed name!
	www.myspace.com /brachiation (253 words)

	Binding and Diffusion of CheR Molecules Within a Cluster of Membrane Receptors -- Levin et al. 82 (4): 1809 -- ...
		The molecule moves across the lattice by brachiation with an effective diffusion coefficient of 1.66 ± 0.04 × 10
		During this run, the molecule detached twice from the surface after the initial binding and then re-attached, resulting in the three brachiation paths shown.
		There is no direct evidence for the movement of CheR by brachiation through clusters of chemotactic receptors.
	www.biophysj.org /cgi/content/full/82/4/1809 (5209 words)

	Andi Jones Dissertation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		monkey skeletons, representing 19 fossil and extant platyrrhine genera, for 48 ratio and angle characters that are hypothesized to functionally correlate with brachiation, hindlimb suspension, prehensile tail use and leaping.
		The atelines probably diversified via a quick adaptive radiation—with bursts of punctuated change occurring in their postcranial skeletons—due to changing climatic conditions which caused competition among the atelines and between atelines and pitheciines.
		Although it appears from this and other studies that homoplasy is rampant during the evolution of forelimb and trunk musculoskeletal characters in atelines and hominoids, it is currently unknown whether underlying homology may be the cause.
	pages.sbcglobal.net /alouatta/dissertation.html (353 words)

	Hominoids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Adaptations for brachiation include a orthograde, or semi-erect posture, highly flexible and mobile arms and shoulders.
		They are exclusively arboreal and they are highly specialized for brachiation, skillfully swinging through the trees from branch to branch.
		They live in very small exclusive groups focused on a male-female pair who permanently bond for life and jealously protect their territorial range from neighbouring pairs.
	www.umanitoba.ca /anthropology/courses/121/hominoid.html (822 words)

	Ask Phil Coffey
		Scroll through the whole file, or click on the name of the animal or topic you are interested in.
		If brachiation refers to swinging locomotion, what is the term for traveling on top of branches?
		The term that refers to travelling on the top of branches is "arboreal quadrupedalism".
	www.thewildones.org /Scientists/askPhil.html (1263 words)

	The White-handed Gibbon : Utah's Hogle Zoo
		Upper sides of hand and feet are always white ('white-handed'), contrast is less apparent in the buff specimens.
		Thumb is not used during brachiation, but for climbing tree trunks and thick branches, for manipulation of food and grooming.
		Prefer closed canopy but during feeding may climb to highest emergent crowns of trees or descend to clumps of bamboo and low bushes, or to drink.
	www.xmission.com /~hoglezoo/animals/view.php?id=34 (703 words)

	The Leakey Foundation - Funded Research Project
		This study will reconstruct character transformation history among New World ateline monkeys to test traditional hypothesis of the evolution of brachiation.
		Researchers studying the evolution of brachiation and forelimb suspension in hominoids to understand the origins and precursors of hominid bipedality often use studies of atelines as a comparison.
		This study will provide insight into the origins of brachiation in atelines, providing others studying hominoid postcranial character evolution with an important model.
	www.leakeyfoundation.org /discoveries/d3_x_x.jsp?id=3019 (113 words)

	IngentaConnect A study on a brachiation controller for a multi-locomotion robot ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The target brachiation is basically divided into two actions: a swing action and a locomotion action.
		In order to realize the continuous brachiation effectively and smoothly, it is necessary to start the swing action as soon as the robot grasps the front target bar at the end of the locomotion action.
		The collision, which occurs at the moment the robot grips the target bar, affects the pendulum motion of the robot.
	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/vsp/arb/2004/00000018/00000010/art00005 (253 words)

	Primates for Dummies - Anthropoidea
		Many Anthropoids, such as gibbons, siamangs, and orangutans are brachiators.
		Brachiation is a form of locomotion that involves hanging by one's arms.
		In fact, it is probably due to this brachiation that our shoulders are so generalized and thus have the wide range of motion that they do.
	home.gwu.edu /~jpiper/anthropoids.html (317 words)

	The Far Corners of the World: Magic Items of the Woodlands
		Yet these represent only a small number of the true wonders that have been created in the deepest, darkest heart of the vast woodlands.
		Some, like the bracers of brachiation and the treebed, were created by those who wished to make exploring the woodlands a safer prospect.
		Bracers of Brachiation: The slim bracers of brachiation grant the wearer a climb speed of 20 feet in forested areas.
	www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=dnd/fw/20040919a (1524 words)

	OEDILF - Word Lookup
		In my class was a dreamy young lad,
		brachiation: moving along by swinging from one hold to the next with the arms (refers to tree-dwelling animals)
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	www.oedilf.com /db/Lim.php?Word=brachiation (119 words)

	Stefan Böhm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In this project the locomotion of a brachiation ape (gibbon) swinging from branch to branch has been applied to an autonomous mobile robot.
		This robot consists of a body with two arms, each one equipped with a griping device to catch the branches.
		the construction and programming of a brachiation robot
	diwww.epfl.ch /w3lami/team/boehm (199 words)

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	toyota.linksopen.com.cob-web.org:8888 (796 words)

	brachiation - Dictionnaire Français-Anglais WordReference.com
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	www.wordreference.com /fren/brachiation (49 words)

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