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D-Index
39
Citations
5545
World Ranking
6416
National Ranking
2175

Best Publications

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

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

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

    Daniel Schmitt

  • Support polygons and symmetrical gaits in mammals

    M. Cartmill;P. Lemelin;D. Schmitt

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

    Daniel Schmitt;Pierre Lemelin

  • Compliant walking in primates

    Daniel Schmitt

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

    Tracy L. Kivell;Daniel Schmitt

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

    Laura Tobias Gruss;Daniel Schmitt

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

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

  • 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

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

    Daniel Schmitt

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

    Daniel Schmitt;Susan G. Larson

  • Substrate alters forelimb to hindlimb peak force ratios in primates

    Daniel Schmitt;Jandy B Hanna

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

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

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

    Daniel Schmitt

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

    Jandy B. Hanna;Daniel Schmitt

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

    Daniel Schmitt

  • The energetic cost of climbing in primates.

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

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

    Daniel Schmitt

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

    Daniel Schmitt

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

    P. Lemelin;D. Schmitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Virginia B. Kraus
Virginia B. Kraus Duke University
Francis J. Keefe
Francis J. Keefe Duke University
Farshid Guilak
Farshid Guilak Washington University in St. Louis
James A. Blumenthal
James A. Blumenthal Duke University
William L. Hylander
William L. Hylander Duke University
Steven E. Churchill
Steven E. Churchill Duke University
Michael L. Platt
Michael L. Platt University of Pennsylvania
Richard F. Kay
Richard F. Kay Duke University
John R. Hutchinson
John R. Hutchinson Royal Veterinary College
Elisabetta Visalberghi
Elisabetta Visalberghi National Research Council (CNR)

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