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Evidence that humans evolved from a knuckle-walking ancestorB G Richmond
Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Nature 404:382-5. 2000..This removes key morphological evidence for a Pan-Gorilla clade, and suggests that bipedal hominids evolved from a knuckle-walking ancestor that was already partly terrestrial...- Orrorin tugenensis femoral morphology and the evolution of hominin bipedalismBrian G Richmond
Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, 2110 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Science 319:1662-5. 2008.... - Biomechanics of phalangeal curvatureBrian G Richmond
Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, The George Washington University, Washington D C 20052, USA
J Hum Evol 53:678-90. 2007..These results offer a biomechanical explanation for the observed association between phalangeal curvature and arboreality... - Finite element analysis in functional morphologyBrian G Richmond
Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia 20052, USA
Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 283:259-74. 2005..We conclude with a case study to illustrate how researchers deal with many of the factors and assumptions involved in finite element analysis... - Early hominin limb proportionsBrian G Richmond
Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, 2110 G St, NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
J Hum Evol 43:529-48. 2002..The fact that the limb proportions of OH 62 (and possibly KNM-ER 3735) are no more human like than those of AL 288-1 underscores the primitive body design of H. habilis... 
A finite element analysis of masticatory stress hypothesesJanine Chalk
Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 145:1-10. 2011..Instead, we propose that FE models replace simple cranial models when interpreting bone strain data and formulating hypotheses about craniofacial biomechanics...- The structural rigidity of the cranium of Australopithecus africanus: implications for diet, dietary adaptations, and the allometry of feeding biomechanicsDavid S Strait
Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA
Anat Rec (Hoboken) 293:583-93. 2010..africanus cranium is marginally less rigid than that of the macaque during molar biting. It is hypothesized that the SE results are being influenced by the allometric scaling of cranial cortical bone thickness... - Masticatory biomechanics and its relevance to early hominid phylogeny: an examination of palatal thickness using finite-element analysisDavid S Strait
Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222, USA
J Hum Evol 52:585-99. 2007..More functional studies of other facial features are needed, as are formal studies of morphological integration... 
The feeding biomechanics and dietary ecology of Australopithecus africanusDavid S Strait
Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:2124-9. 2009..Our analysis reconciles apparent discrepancies between dietary reconstructions based on biomechanics, tooth morphology, and dental microwear...- Strong postcranial size dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis: results from two new resampling methods for multivariate data sets with missing dataAdam D Gordon
Department of Anthropology, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 135:311-28. 2008..afarensis. However, the results of this and past studies strongly suggest behavioral and mating strategies differed between A. afarensis and modern humans... - Microwear, mechanics and the feeding adaptations of Australopithecus africanusDavid S Strait
Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA
J Hum Evol 62:165-8. 2012..This paper responds to some of these mechanical criticisms, highlights limitations of dental microwear analysis, and identifies avenues of future research... - Joint orientation and function in great ape and human proximal pedal phalangesNicole L Griffin
Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 141:116-23. 2010.... - Modeling elastic properties in finite-element analysis: how much precision is needed to produce an accurate model?David S Strait
Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, Albany, New York 12222, USA
Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 283:275-87. 2005.... - Evolution and homologies of primate and modern human hand and forearm muscles, with notes on thumb movements and tool useRui Diogo
Department of Anatomy, Howard University College of Medicine, 520 W St NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA
J Hum Evol 63:64-78. 2012..In relation to these structures, extant chimpanzees are more neotenic than modern humans... - Hand pressure distribution during Oldowan stone tool productionErin Marie Williams
Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, 2110 G St NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
J Hum Evol 62:520-32. 2012..Our findings call into question hypotheses linking modern human thumb robusticity specifically to load resistance during stone tool production... - Limb-size proportions in Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanusDavid J Green
Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, 2110 G St NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
J Hum Evol 52:187-200. 2007..africanus behavioral repertoire relative to that of A. afarensis... - Ecological divergence and medial cuneiform morphology in gorillasMatthew W Tocheri
Human Origins Program, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20013 7012, USA
J Hum Evol 60:171-84. 2011.... - The effects of hypermuscularity on shoulder morphology in myostatin-deficient miceDavid J Green
Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, 2110 G St, NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
J Anat 218:544-57. 2011..As had been noted previously with long bones, this study demonstrates that genetically enhanced muscle size has marked effects on the morphological characteristics of the shoulder... - Mouse shoulder morphology responds to locomotor activity and the kinematic differences of climbing and runningDavid J Green
Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Washington, District of Columbia Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia
J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol 318:621-38. 2012..J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 9999B:621-638, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc... - Cross-sectional geometry of the human forefootNicole L Griffin
The George Washington University, Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, 2110 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Bone 37:253-60. 2005.... - Modeling masticatory muscle force in finite element analysis: sensitivity analysis using principal coordinates analysisCallum F Ross
Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 283:288-99. 2005..However, a lot can be learned about patterns of skull deformation, in fossil species for example, by applying external forces proportional to the estimated relative PCSAs of the jaw adductors... - New hand bones of Hadropithecus stenognathus: implications for the paleobiology of the ArchaeolemuridaePierre Lemelin
Division of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H7
J Hum Evol 54:405-13. 2008..These unusual hand features reinforce the monophyly of the Archaeolemuridae...