Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

postural support; knuckle walking

Romanian translation:

vezi mai jos

Added to glossary by Paula Cirstoiu
Jul 7, 2004 14:42
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English term

postural support; knuckle walking

English to Romanian Other Anthropology
Nonhuman primates are nevertheless restricted in the use of the hands for communication, since the hands and arms are also critically involved in postural support and locomotion. Most primates are adapted to life in the trees, using their arms for holding onto branches and for swinging from branch to branch. The larger-bodied apes are more terrestrial but move in four-legged fashion over open terrain. Chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest relatives among the primates, adopt a form of locomotion known as knuckle walking, in which the upper body is supported by the knuckles.
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postural support = sprijin la deplasare
Postural support
A component and/or belt *** used to support a person in a desired posture, but that is not generally intended to provide occupant restraint in a motor vehicle.
aici *** componenta sunt mainile
Knuckle walking = deplasare (patrupeda) utilizand incheietura mainilor drept sprijin
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agree Cristina Moldovan do Amaral
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