سوال ۱۷ کنکور ارشد مهندسی مکانیک ۱۴۰۵

Read paragraph 1 of the following passage and answer the question.

Passage (paragraph 1): Interest in animal locomotion has existed since antiquity, indicated by the ancient Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle's work De motu animalium (On the Motion of Animals). In the 17th century, Italian physiologist and physicist Giovanni Alfonso Borelli investigated the movements of the animal body in the context of mechanical principles. English photographer Eadweard Muybridge used sequential photographs in the 19th century to capture the gaits of several species. His photography demonstrated, for instance, that all four of a trotting horse's legs are off the ground at a particular moment in the gait.

Question: According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true?