Project related publications
Demes B, Thompson NE, O’Neill MC & Umberger BR. (2015). Center of mass mechanics of chimpanzee bipedal walking. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 156, 422-433.
Fernandez PJ, Holowka NB, Demes B & Jungers WL. (2016). Form and function of the human and chimpanzee forefoot: implications for early hominin bipedalism. Scientific Reports 6:30532 DOI: 10.103/srep30532.
Hatala KG, Demes B & Richmond BG. (2016). Laetoli footprints reveal bipedal gait biomechanics different from those of modern humans and chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283: 20160235 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0235.
Holowka NB. (2015). Kinematics of the chimpanzee foot during terrestrial and arboreal locomotion. Ph. D. Thesis, Stony Brook University.
Holowka NB, O’Neill MC. (2013). Three-dimensional moment arms and architecture of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) leg musculature. Journal of Anatomy, 223, 610-628. DOI: 10.111/joa. 12121
Holowka NB, O’Neill MC, Thompson NE, Demes B. (2017). Chimpanzee and human midfoot motion during bipedal walking and the evolution of the longitudinal arch of the foot. Journal of Human Evolution 104, 23-31.
Holowka NB, O’Neill MC, Thompson NE, Demes B. (2017). Chimpanzee ankle and foot joint kinematics: Arboreal versus terrestrial locomotion. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. In press. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23262.
Lee L-F & Umberger BR. (2016). Generating optimal control simulations of musculoskeletal movement with OpenSim and MATLAB. PeerJ 4, e1638.
O’Neill MC, Lee L-F, Demes B, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr & Umberger BR. (2015). Three-dimensional kinematics of the pelvis and hind limbs in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and human bipedal walking. Journal of Human Evolution 86, 32-42.
O’Neill MC, Lee, L-F, Larson SG, Demes B, Stern JT & Umberger BR. (2013). A three-dimensional musculoskeletal model of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) pelvis and hind limb. Journal of Experimental Biology 216, 3709-3723.
O’Neill MC, Umberger BR, Holowka NB, Larson SG, Reiser PJ. 2017. Chimpanzee ‘Super Strength’ and Human Skeletal Muscle Evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1619071114
Thompson NE. (2016). The evolution of upper body stability in hominins. Ph.D. Thesis, Stony Brook University.
Thompson NE, Demes B, O’Neill MC, Holowka NB, Larson SG. (2015). Surprising trunk rotational capabilities in chimpanzees and implications for bipedal walking proficiency in early hominins. Nature Communications DOI : 10.1038/ncomms9416
Thompson NE, Holowka NB, O’Neill MC, Larson SG. (2014). Brief communication: Cineradiographic analysis of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 154, 604-608. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22529