Carsten Niemitz

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Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi The evolution of the upright posture and gait--a review and a new synthesis
    Carsten Niemitz
    Institut für Humanbiologie und Anthropologie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Albrecht Thaer Weg 6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 97:241-63. 2010
  2. ncbi Results of an explorative empirical study on human mating in Germany: handsome men, not high-status men, succeed in courtship
    Alexander Pashos
    Institut fur Biologie, Freie Universitat Berlin
    Anthropol Anz 61:331-41. 2003
  3. ncbi "Right-trunkers" and "left-trunkers": side preferences of trunk movements in wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
    Franziska Martin
    Department of Human Biology and Anthropology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    J Comp Psychol 117:371-9. 2003
  4. ncbi Human ears grow throughout the entire lifetime according to complicated and sexually dimorphic patterns--conclusions from a cross-sectional analysis
    Carsten Niemitz
    Institute for Human Biology and Physical Anthropology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
    Anthropol Anz 65:391-413. 2007
  5. ncbi A theory on the evolution of the habitual orthograde human bipedalism--the "Amphibische Generalistentheorie"
    Carsten Niemitz
    Division of Human Biology and Physical Anthropology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
    Anthropol Anz 60:3-66. 2002
  6. ncbi Kinematics and ontogeny of locomotion in monkeys and human babies
    Carsten Niemitz
    Division for Human Biology and Anthropology, Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, , Germany
    Z Morphol Anthropol 83:383-400. 2002
  7. ncbi Recurrence plot analyses suggest a novel reference system involved in newborn spontaneous movements
    Birte Assmann
    Institute of Human Biology and Anthropology, Free University Berlin, Albrecht Thaer Weg 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
    Behav Res Methods 38:400-6. 2006

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi The evolution of the upright posture and gait--a review and a new synthesis
    Carsten Niemitz
    Institut für Humanbiologie und Anthropologie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Albrecht Thaer Weg 6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 97:241-63. 2010
    ..The new synthesis presented here is able to harmonise many of the hitherto competing theories...
  2. ncbi Results of an explorative empirical study on human mating in Germany: handsome men, not high-status men, succeed in courtship
    Alexander Pashos
    Institut fur Biologie, Freie Universitat Berlin
    Anthropol Anz 61:331-41. 2003
    ..However, in this respect, status had no influence. The results show that sex differences in mating are more complex than hitherto assumed...
  3. ncbi "Right-trunkers" and "left-trunkers": side preferences of trunk movements in wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
    Franziska Martin
    Department of Human Biology and Anthropology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    J Comp Psychol 117:371-9. 2003
    ..the authors discuss possible explanations for the evolution of asymmetries in unpaired grasping organs...
  4. ncbi Human ears grow throughout the entire lifetime according to complicated and sexually dimorphic patterns--conclusions from a cross-sectional analysis
    Carsten Niemitz
    Institute for Human Biology and Physical Anthropology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
    Anthropol Anz 65:391-413. 2007
    ..The ontogenetic development of one or more pretragal skin folds could be used as a contribution to age estimations in forensic anthropology...
  5. ncbi A theory on the evolution of the habitual orthograde human bipedalism--the "Amphibische Generalistentheorie"
    Carsten Niemitz
    Division of Human Biology and Physical Anthropology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
    Anthropol Anz 60:3-66. 2002
    ....
  6. ncbi Kinematics and ontogeny of locomotion in monkeys and human babies
    Carsten Niemitz
    Division for Human Biology and Anthropology, Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, , Germany
    Z Morphol Anthropol 83:383-400. 2002
    ..Besides many other details of the results, foot movements differed from adult ones mainly in that the whole plantar surface was placed flat on the ground within a few milliseconds...
  7. ncbi Recurrence plot analyses suggest a novel reference system involved in newborn spontaneous movements
    Birte Assmann
    Institute of Human Biology and Anthropology, Free University Berlin, Albrecht Thaer Weg 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
    Behav Res Methods 38:400-6. 2006
    ..In the framework of home base behavior, our approach uncovered a novel reference system of spontaneous newborn movements...