Herman Pontzer

Summary

Affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Great ranging associated with greater reproductive investment in mammals
    Herman Pontzer
    Department of Anthropology, Washington University, 119 McMillan Hall, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:192-6. 2009
  2. ncbi Control and function of arm swing in human walking and running
    Herman Pontzer
    Department of Anthropology, Washington University, 119 McMillan Hall, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA
    J Exp Biol 212:523-34. 2009
  3. ncbi The metabolic cost of walking in humans, chimpanzees, and early hominins
    Herman Pontzer
    Washington University, Department of Anthropology, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
    J Hum Evol 56:43-54. 2009
  4. ncbi Predicting the energy cost of terrestrial locomotion: a test of the LiMb model in humans and quadrupeds
    Herman Pontzer
    Washington University, 119 McMillan Hall, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
    J Exp Biol 210:484-94. 2007
  5. ncbi Effective limb length and the scaling of locomotor cost in terrestrial animals
    Herman Pontzer
    Washington University, Department of Anthropology, 119 McMillan Hall, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
    J Exp Biol 210:1752-61. 2007
  6. ncbi Metabolic adaptation for low energy throughput in orangutans
    Herman Pontzer
    Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:14048-52. 2010
  7. ncbi Biomechanics of running indicates endothermy in bipedal dinosaurs
    Herman Pontzer
    Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 4:e7783. 2009
  8. ncbi The Laetoli footprints and early hominin locomotor kinematics
    David A Raichlen
    Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1009 E South Campus Drive, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    J Hum Evol 54:112-7. 2008
  9. ncbi Understanding hind limb weight support in chimpanzees with implications for the evolution of primate locomotion
    David A Raichlen
    Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 138:395-402. 2009
  10. ncbi Chimpanzee locomotor energetics and the origin of human bipedalism
    Michael D Sockol
    Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:12265-9. 2007

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi Great ranging associated with greater reproductive investment in mammals
    Herman Pontzer
    Department of Anthropology, Washington University, 119 McMillan Hall, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:192-6. 2009
    ..These results have important implications for ecological comparisons among species, including assessments of habitat quality based on locomotor behavior...
  2. ncbi Control and function of arm swing in human walking and running
    Herman Pontzer
    Department of Anthropology, Washington University, 119 McMillan Hall, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA
    J Exp Biol 212:523-34. 2009
    ....
  3. ncbi The metabolic cost of walking in humans, chimpanzees, and early hominins
    Herman Pontzer
    Washington University, Department of Anthropology, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
    J Hum Evol 56:43-54. 2009
    ..This supports the hypothesis that locomotor energy economy was an important evolutionary pressure on hominin bipedalism...
  4. ncbi Predicting the energy cost of terrestrial locomotion: a test of the LiMb model in humans and quadrupeds
    Herman Pontzer
    Washington University, 119 McMillan Hall, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
    J Exp Biol 210:484-94. 2007
    ..Results suggest the LiMb model reliably links locomotor anatomy to force production and locomotor cost. Further, these data support the idea that limb length may underlie the scaling of locomotor cost for terrestrial animals...
  5. ncbi Effective limb length and the scaling of locomotor cost in terrestrial animals
    Herman Pontzer
    Washington University, Department of Anthropology, 119 McMillan Hall, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
    J Exp Biol 210:1752-61. 2007
    ..These results are discussed in light of previous investigations of the limb length and locomotor cost...
  6. ncbi Metabolic adaptation for low energy throughput in orangutans
    Herman Pontzer
    Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:14048-52. 2010
    ....
  7. ncbi Biomechanics of running indicates endothermy in bipedal dinosaurs
    Herman Pontzer
    Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 4:e7783. 2009
    ..For example, some studies have suggested that, because large dinosaurs may have been homeothermic due to their size alone and could have had heat loss problems, ectothermy would be a more plausible metabolic strategy for such animals...
  8. ncbi The Laetoli footprints and early hominin locomotor kinematics
    David A Raichlen
    Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1009 E South Campus Drive, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    J Hum Evol 54:112-7. 2008
    ..Despite the many attempts to discern limb-joint kinematics from Laetoli stride lengths, our study concludes that stride lengths alone do not resolve the debate over early hominin locomotor postures...
  9. ncbi Understanding hind limb weight support in chimpanzees with implications for the evolution of primate locomotion
    David A Raichlen
    Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 138:395-402. 2009
    ..The latter hypothesis raises the intriguing possibility that primate weight support patterns actually evolved as byproducts of other traits, or spandrels, rather than as adaptations to increase forelimb mobility...
  10. ncbi Chimpanzee locomotor energetics and the origin of human bipedalism
    Michael D Sockol
    Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:12265-9. 2007
    ..Analyses of these features in early fossil hominins, coupled with analyses of bipedal walking in chimpanzees, indicate that bipedalism in early, ape-like hominins could indeed have been less costly than quadrupedal knucklewalking...
  11. ncbi The human gluteus maximus and its role in running
    Daniel E Lieberman
    Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    J Exp Biol 209:2143-55. 2006
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  12. ncbi A new model predicting locomotor cost from limb length via force production
    Herman Pontzer
    Harvard University, Department of Anthropology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    J Exp Biol 208:1513-24. 2005
    ..Results suggest the model is useful for predicting COL from anatomical and kinematic variables, and may be useful in intra- and inter-specific studies of locomotor anatomy and performance...
  13. ncbi Relating ranging ecology, limb length, and locomotor economy in terrestrial animals
    Herman Pontzer
    Department of Anthropology, Hunter College, 728 North Building, 695 Park Ave, NY 10065, USA
    J Theor Biol 296:6-12. 2012
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  14. ncbi Waddling and toddling: the biomechanical effects of an immature gait
    Libby W Cowgill
    Department of Anthropology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816 1361, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 143:52-61. 2010
    ..The differences in gait between mature and immature walkers, and hence the differences in femoral shape, are likely partially a product of a minimal bicondylar angle and relatively broad body in young children...
  15. ncbi Locomotor anatomy and biomechanics of the Dmanisi hominins
    Herman Pontzer
    Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
    J Hum Evol 58:492-504. 2010
    ..Primitive retentions in the Dmanisi foot suggest that locomotor evolution continued through the early Pleistocene...
  16. ncbi Hunter-gatherer energetics and human obesity
    Herman Pontzer
    Department of Anthropology, Hunter College, New York, New York, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e40503. 2012
    ..We hypothesize that human daily energy expenditure may be an evolved physiological trait largely independent of cultural differences...
  17. ncbi The Narrow Niche hypothesis: gray squirrels shed new light on primate origins
    Joseph D Orkin
    Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 144:617-24. 2011
    ..The Narrow Niche hypothesis suggests that the primate morphological suite evolved not only from selection pressure for fine branch use, but also from a lack of engagement in other activities...
  18. ncbi Skeletal pathology in Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii in Kibale National Park, Uganda
    Melinda L Carter
    Department of Anatomy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 135:389-403. 2008
    ..Much of the major skeletal trauma in the Kibale skeletons was attributable to falls, although other pathologies were noted as well, including apparent injuries from snares, degenerative arthritis, and minor congenital abnormalities...
  19. ncbi Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia
    David Lordkipanidze
    Georgian National Museum, 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia
    Nature 449:305-10. 2007
    ..Thus, the earliest known hominins to have lived outside of Africa in the temperate zones of Eurasia did not yet display the full set of derived skeletal features...
  20. ncbi Climbing and the daily energy cost of locomotion in wild chimpanzees: implications for hominoid locomotor evolution
    Herman Pontzer
    50A Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    J Hum Evol 46:317-35. 2004
    ..These analyses are relevant to anatomical comparisons with living and extinct hominoids...