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AN obese 16 yr old male orangutan, named Felix, at the Chicago Zoological Park, Brookfield, Illinois, consistently places his hands in knuckle walking postures while sitting-resting (Fig. 1), sitting-feeding and engaging in a distinctive mode of squatting bipedal progression.
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TUTTLE, R., BECK, B. Knuckle Walking Hand Postures in an Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). Nature 236, 33–34 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/236033a0
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