The announcement in 2004 that a small-brained hominin, Homo floresiensis, had been discovered on the island of Flores, Indonesia, was hailed as a major scientific breakthrough because it challenged preconceptions about the ...

Trade-offs between energy consumption and neuronal performance must shape the design and evolution of nervous systems, but we lack empirical data showing how neuronal energy costs vary according to performance. Using ...

Arthropods use a remarkable variety of mechanisms to store energy for rapid ballistic movements []. These movements are primarily either for prey capture [] or for predator evasion [], although the mandible strike of the ...

Accurate limb placement helps animals and robots to walk on substrates that are uneven or contain gaps. Visual information is important in controlling limb placement in walking mammals [[1], [2], [3] and [4]] but has ...