Daniel Schmitt

Best Publications

• The kinetics of primate quadrupedalism: "hindlimb drive" reconsidered

  B. Demes;S.G. Larson;J.T. Stern;W.L. Jungers

  394
  Citations

• Insights into the evolution of human bipedalism from experimental studies of humans and other primates

  Daniel Schmitt

  307
  Citations

• Support polygons and symmetrical gaits in mammals

  M. Cartmill;P. Lemelin;D. Schmitt

  295
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• Origins of primate locomotion: Gait mechanics of the woolly opossum

  Daniel Schmitt;Pierre Lemelin

  290
  Citations

• Compliant walking in primates

  Daniel Schmitt

  286
  Citations

• Independent evolution of knuckle-walking in African apes shows that humans did not evolve from a knuckle-walking ancestor

  Tracy L. Kivell;Daniel Schmitt

  214
  Citations

• The evolution of the human pelvis: changing adaptations to bipedalism, obstetrics and thermoregulation

  Laura Tobias Gruss;Daniel Schmitt

  211
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• Limb excursion during quadrupedal walking: how do primates compare to other mammals?

  Susan G. Larson;Daniel Schmitt;Pierre Lemelin;Mark Hamrick

  144
  Citations

• Footfall patterns and interlimb co‐ordination in opossums (Family Didelphidae): evidence for the evolution of diagonal‐sequence walking gaits in primates

  Pierre Lemelin;Daniel Schmitt;Matt Cartmill

  139
  Citations

• Forelimb mechanics as a function of substrate type during quadrupedalism in two anthropoid primates

  Daniel Schmitt

  136
  Citations

• Heel contact as a function of substrate type and speed in primates.

  Daniel Schmitt;Susan G. Larson

  134
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• Substrate alters forelimb to hindlimb peak force ratios in primates

  Daniel Schmitt;Jandy B Hanna

  130
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• Adaptive value of ambling gaits in primates and other mammals.

  Daniel Schmitt;Matt Cartmill;Timothy M. Griffin;Jandy B. Hanna

  122
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• Evolutionary implications of the unusual walking mechanics of the common marmoset (C. jacchus).

  Daniel Schmitt

  116
  Citations

• Locomotor energetics in primates: Gait mechanics and their relationship to the energetics of vertical and horizontal locomotion

  Jandy B. Hanna;Daniel Schmitt

  115
  Citations

• Mediolateral reaction forces and forelimb anatomy in quadrupedal primates: implications for interpreting locomotor behavior in fossil primates.

  Daniel Schmitt

  113
  Citations

• The energetic cost of climbing in primates.

  Jandy B. Hanna;Daniel Schmitt;Timothy M. Griffin

  111
  Citations

• Forelimb Mechanics during Arboreal and Terrestrial Quadrupedalism in Old World Monkeys

  Daniel Schmitt

  110
  Citations

• Substrate Size and Primate Forelimb Mechanics: Implications for Understanding the Evolution of Primate Locomotion

  Daniel Schmitt

  106
  Citations

• Origins of Grasping and Locomotor Adaptations in Primates: Comparative and Experimental Approaches Using an Opossum Model

  P. Lemelin;D. Schmitt

  103
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