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    • Energetic cost of carrying loads: have African women discovered an economic way? 

      Maloiy, GMO; Heglund, NC; Prager, LM; Cavagna, GA; Taylor, CR (Nature Publishing GroupDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi, 1986-02)
      When travelling in East Africa one is often surprised at the prodigious loads carried by the women of the area. It is not uncommon to see women of the Luo tribe carrying loads equivalent to 70% of their body mass balanced ...