Knuckle walking by a baboon (Papio cynocephalus).
This paper describes the development of a knuckle walking mode of locomotion by a free-living yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus). Some implications of this occurrence for theories of the evolution of knuckle walking are discussed.
D000818:Animals; D005384:Finger Joint; D005684:Gait; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D010215:Papio / Q000502:physiology*