Tracy L Kivell

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Affiliation: Duke University Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi An interactive method for teaching anatomy of the human eye for medical students in ophthalmology clinical rotations
    Tracy L Kivell
    Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0383, USA
    Anat Sci Educ 2:173-8. 2009
  2. ncbi Independent evolution of knuckle-walking in African apes shows that humans did not evolve from a knuckle-walking ancestor
    Tracy L Kivell
    Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 0383, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:14241-6. 2009
  3. ncbi New primate carpal bones from Rudabánya (late Miocene, Hungary): taxonomic and functional implications
    Tracy L Kivell
    Department Anthropology, University of Toronto, 19 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2S2, Canada
    J Hum Evol 57:697-709. 2009
  4. ncbi Teaching the anatomy of oncology: evaluating the impact of a dedicated oncoanatomy course
    Junzo P Chino
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 79:853-9. 2011
  5. ncbi Frequency and timing of scaphoid-centrale fusion in hominoids
    Tracy L Kivell
    Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, 100 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3, Canada
    J Hum Evol 52:321-40. 2007
  6. ncbi Knuckle-walking in Sivapithecus? The combined effects of homology and homoplasy with possible implications for pongine dispersals
    David R Begun
    Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, 19 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Hum Evol 60:158-70. 2011
  7. ncbi Hand and foot pressures in the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) reveal novel biomechanical trade-offs required for walking on gracile digits
    Tracy L Kivell
    Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    J Exp Biol 213:1549-57. 2010

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Publications7

  1. ncbi An interactive method for teaching anatomy of the human eye for medical students in ophthalmology clinical rotations
    Tracy L Kivell
    Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0383, USA
    Anat Sci Educ 2:173-8. 2009
    ..Students and clinical faculty feedback reveal high levels of satisfaction with the presentation of anatomy and its scheduling early during the ophthalmology clerkship...
  2. ncbi Independent evolution of knuckle-walking in African apes shows that humans did not evolve from a knuckle-walking ancestor
    Tracy L Kivell
    Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 0383, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:14241-6. 2009
    ....
  3. ncbi New primate carpal bones from Rudabánya (late Miocene, Hungary): taxonomic and functional implications
    Tracy L Kivell
    Department Anthropology, University of Toronto, 19 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2S2, Canada
    J Hum Evol 57:697-709. 2009
    ..These are the first carpal bones described from Rudabánya and from this taxon, and they add to our understanding of the evolution of arboreal locomotion in late Miocene apes...
  4. ncbi Teaching the anatomy of oncology: evaluating the impact of a dedicated oncoanatomy course
    Junzo P Chino
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 79:853-9. 2011
    ..We developed an anatomy-focused educational program for radiation oncology residents integrating cadaver dissection into the didactic review of diagnostic, surgical, radiologic, and treatment planning, and herein assess its efficacy...
  5. ncbi Frequency and timing of scaphoid-centrale fusion in hominoids
    Tracy L Kivell
    Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, 100 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3, Canada
    J Hum Evol 52:321-40. 2007
    ..A more definitive answer to the question of the functional significance of scaphoid-centrale fusion will have to await more detailed analyses of great ape wrist kinematics...
  6. ncbi Knuckle-walking in Sivapithecus? The combined effects of homology and homoplasy with possible implications for pongine dispersals
    David R Begun
    Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, 19 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Hum Evol 60:158-70. 2011
    ....
  7. ncbi Hand and foot pressures in the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) reveal novel biomechanical trade-offs required for walking on gracile digits
    Tracy L Kivell
    Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    J Exp Biol 213:1549-57. 2010
    ..This research demonstrates several novel biomechanical trade-offs to deal with complex functional demands on the mammalian skeleton...