{"id":16730,"date":"2018-07-21T09:02:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T14:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=16730"},"modified":"2018-07-21T09:02:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T14:02:49","slug":"word-of-the-day-386","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/07\/21\/word-of-the-day-386\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Brachiation<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Brachiation<\/b>\u00a0(from &#8220;brachium&#8221;, Latin for &#8220;arm&#8221;), or\u00a0<b>arm swinging<\/b>, is a form of\u00a0<a title=\"Arboreal locomotion\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arboreal_locomotion\">arboreal locomotion<\/a>\u00a0in which\u00a0<a title=\"Primate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Primate\">primates<\/a>\u00a0swing from tree limb to tree limb using only their arms. During brachiation, the body is alternately supported under each forelimb. <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brachiation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Noted in\u00a0<span style=\"border: none;\">&#8220;<\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg23931850-400-the-brains-secret-powerhouse-that-makes-us-who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The brain\u2019s secret powerhouse that makes us who we are<\/a><span style=\"border: none;\">,&#8221; Caroline Williams,\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">NewScientist<\/strong><span style=\"border: none;\">\u00a0(7 July 2018, paywall):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[Neuroscientist Robert] Barton suspects that what started this unlikely growth spurt was the challenge of moving a much larger body through the trees. While small primates can run along the branches, even gibbon-sized apes are too heavy to do the same, at least without holding on to branches above. This led apes to make a switch to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn20780-zoologger-the-most-athletic-ape-in-the-canopy\/\">swinging through the branches<\/a>, known as brachiation, which in turn made the ability to plan ahead a distinct advantage. \u201cBrachiation is a relatively complex locomotor strategy,\u201d says Barton. \u201cIt involves fine sensory motor control, but it also involves a need to plan your route so that you can avoid accidents.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brachiation: Brachiation\u00a0(from &#8220;brachium&#8221;, Latin for &#8220;arm&#8221;), or\u00a0arm swinging, is a form of\u00a0arboreal locomotion\u00a0in which\u00a0primates\u00a0swing from tree limb to tree limb using only their arms. During brachiation, the body is alternately supported under each forelimb. [Wikipedia] Noted in\u00a0&#8220;The brain\u2019s secret powerhouse that makes us who we are,&#8221; Caroline Williams,\u00a0NewScientist\u00a0(7 July 2018, \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/07\/21\/word-of-the-day-386\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16730"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16732,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16730\/revisions\/16732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}