Late Pleistocene South American megafaunal extinctions associated with rise of Fishtail points and human population
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22506-4
Abstract: In the 1970s, Paul Martin proposed that big game hunters armed with fluted projectile points colonized the Americas and drove the extinction of megafauna. Around fifty years later, the central role of humans in the… read more here.
Keywords: american megafaunal; south american; pleistocene south; projectile points ... See more keywords
A Wire-Driven Dual Elastic Fishtail With Energy Storing and Passive Flexibility
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DOI: 10.1109/tmech.2023.3318219
Abstract: The extraordinary swimming performance of fish benefits from the complex motion of the continuum fishtail, which is difficult for robotic fish to replicate. The common approach is adopting a large number of discrete joints, which… read more here.
Keywords: energy; elastic fishtail; fishtail energy; fishtail ... See more keywords