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CNH2-S: Long Term Perspectives on Water Security, Food Security, and Land Management Among Pastoralists Experiencing Change

2019-10-01 to 2023-09-30 | Grant
Directorate for Biological Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.8539513
GRANT_NUMBER: 1924322
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Development and Implementation of a Global Human Metabolic Physiology Database

2018-09-01 to 2021-08-31 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.7704967
GRANT_NUMBER: 1824466
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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Climbing Performance in African Apes

2017-08-01 to 2018-07-31 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.6938467
GRANT_NUMBER: 1732194
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Tradeoffs in childhood energy allocation and the impact of market integration on ontogeny and health

2016-07-01 to 2018-06-30 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.5063919
GRANT_NUMBER: 1606852
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Collaborative Research: The Evolutionary Biology and Health Consequences of Human Inactivity

2014-09-15 to 2017-08-31 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3851193
GRANT_NUMBER: 1440841
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Collaborative Grant: Total Energy Expenditure in Apes Measured Using Doubly Labeled Water

2013-09-15 to 2015-08-31 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3486262
GRANT_NUMBER: 1317161
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Collaborative Grant: Total Energy Expenditure in Hominoids Measured Using Doubly Labeled Water

2013-09-15 to 2015-08-31 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3486264
GRANT_NUMBER: 1317170
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Metabolic Cost of Living in Human Foragers

2011-02-01 to 2012-04-30 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3134518
GRANT_NUMBER: 1156392
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Hominin Gait Optimization and Analysis Using Evolutionary Dynamic Modeling

2009-09-15 to 2010-08-31 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3104457
GRANT_NUMBER: 0924609
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Metabolic Cost of Living in Human Foragers

2009-05-01 to 2011-12-31 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3097037
GRANT_NUMBER: 0850815
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Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: Pelvic Shape and Locomotor Cost: an Empirical Test of Biomechanical Models of the Hip

2009-04-15 to 2010-10-31 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3097044
GRANT_NUMBER: 0850841
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Energy Constraints on Human Health

2025-04-02 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/ne3qg_v1
Contributors: Martin Picard; Christopher Kempes; Herman Pontzer, Ph.D.; Alexander Behnke; Evan D Shaulson
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The energetics of movement, from exercise to ecology and evolution

Journal of Experimental Biology
2025-02-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.247988
Contributors: Herman Pontzer
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Urban eastern gray squirrels (sciurus carolinensis) show little seasonal variation in biochemical and hematological parameters

Urban Ecosystems
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-024-01566-6
Contributors: Rebecca Rimbach; Olivia A. Petritz; Julie A. Balko; Herman Pontzer
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Beyond the here and now: hunter–gatherer socio-spatial complexity and the evolution of language

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2024-10-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0521
Contributors: Brian M. Wood; David A. Raichlen; Herman Pontzer; Jacob A. Harris; M. Katherine Sayre; Bunga Paolo; Mariamu Anyawire; Audax Z. P. Mabulla
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Hypermetabolism and energetic constraints in mitochondrial disorders

Nature Metabolism
2024-02-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s42255-023-00968-8
Contributors: Alexander J. Sercel; Gabriel Sturm; Dympna Gallagher; Marie-Pierre St-Onge; Christopher P. Kempes; Herman Pontzer; Michio Hirano; Martin Picard
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Increased physical activity is not related to markers of cardiometabolic health in two lemur species

American Journal of Primatology
2024-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23564
Contributors: Rebecca Rimbach; Herman Pontzer
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Total Energy Expenditure and Nutritional Intake in Continuous Multiday Ultramarathon Events

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.2023-0063
Contributors: Andrew W. Best; Amanda McGrosky; Zane Swanson; Rebecca Rimbach; Katie McConaughy; Joe McConaughy; Cara Ocobock; Herman Pontzer
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Correction: ‘A unified theory for the energy cost of legged locomotion’ (2016), by Pontzer

Biology Letters
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0492
Contributors: Herman Pontzer
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Energetic costs of testosterone in two subsistence populations

American Journal of Human Biology
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23949
Contributors: Benjamin C. Trumble; Herman Pontzer; Jonathan Stieglitz; Daniel K. Cummings; Brian Wood; Melissa Emery Thompson; David Raichlen; Bret Beheim; Gandhi Yetish; Hillard Kaplan et al.
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Lifestyle and patterns of physical activity in Hadza foragers

American Journal of Biological Anthropology
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24846
Contributors: M. Katherine Sayre; Mariamu Anyawire; Bunga Paolo; Audax Z. P. Mabulla; Herman Pontzer; Brian M. Wood; David A. Raichlen
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The provisioned primate: patterns of obesity across lemurs, monkeys, apes and humans

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023-10-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0218
Contributors: Herman Pontzer
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Early childhood growth in Daasanach pastoralists of Northern Kenya: Distinct patterns of faltering in linear growth and weight gain

American Journal of Human Biology
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23842
Contributors: Zane S. Swanson; Rosemary Nzunza; Hilary J. Bethancourt; Jessica Saunders; Fionah Mutindwa; Emmanuel Ndiema; David R. Braun; Asher Y. Rosinger; Herman Pontzer
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The fire of evolution: energy expenditure and ecology in primates and other endotherms

Journal of Experimental Biology
2023-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.245272
Contributors: Amanda McGrosky; Herman Pontzer
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Exercise is essential for health but a poor tool for weight loss: a reply to Allison and colleagues

International Journal of Obesity
2023-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41366-022-01248-3
Contributors: Herman Pontzer
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Gray squirrels consume anthropogenic food waste most often during winter

Mammalian Biology
2023-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s42991-022-00326-3
Contributors: Rebecca Rimbach; Gabrielle Butler; Pratik R. Gupte; Jörg Jäger; Claire Parker; Herman Pontzer
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Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors

Science
2022-11-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.abm8668
Contributors: Yosuke Yamada; Xueying Zhang; Mary E. T. Henderson; Hiroyuki Sagayama; Herman Pontzer; Daiki Watanabe; Tsukasa Yoshida; Misaka Kimura; Philip N. Ainslie; Lene F. Andersen et al.
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Reindeer herders from subarctic Finland exhibit high total energy expenditure and low energy intake during the autumn herd roundup

American Journal of Human Biology
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23676
Contributors: Cara Ocobock; Päivi Soppela; Minna Turunen; Ville Stenbäck; Karl‐Heinz Herzig; Rebecca Rimbach; Herman Pontzer
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Daily energy expenditure through the human life course

Science
2021-08-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.abe5017
Contributors: Herman Pontzer; Yosuke Yamada; Hiroyuki Sagayama; Philip N. Ainslie; Lene F. Andersen; Liam J. Anderson; Lenore Arab; Issaad Baddou; Kweku Bedu-Addo; Ellen E. Blaak et al.
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Total energy expenditure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of different ages

Journal of Experimental Biology
2021-08-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242218
Contributors: Rebecca Rimbach; Ahmad Amireh; Austin Allen; Brian Hare; Emily Guarino; Chana Kaufman; Hannah Salomons; Herman Pontzer
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Hotter and sicker: External energy expenditure and the tangled evolutionary roots of anthropogenic climate change and chronic disease

American Journal of Human Biology
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23579
Contributors: Herman Pontzer
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How can evolutionary and biological anthropologists engage broader audiences?

American Journal of Human Biology
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23592
Contributors: James Holland Jones; Anne C. Pisor; Kristina G. Douglass; Rebecca Bliege Bird; Elspeth Ready; Ashley Hazel; Joseph Hackman; Karen L. Kramer; Timothy A. Kohler; Herman Pontzer et al.
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Determinants of climbing energetic costs in humans

Journal of Experimental Biology
2021-07-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.234567
Contributors: Elaine E. Kozma; Herman Pontzer
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Gendered movement ecology and landscape use in Hadza hunter-gatherers.

Nature human behaviour
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-020-01002-7
PMID: 33398143
Contributors: Wood BM; Harris JA; Raichlen DA; Pontzer H; Sayre K; Sancilio A; Berbesque C; Crittenden AN; Mabulla A; McElreath R et al.
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Air temperature and diet influence body composition and water turnover in zoo-living African elephants (<i>Loxodonta africana</i>).

Royal Society open science
2020-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201155
PMID: 33391799
PMC: PMC7735349
Contributors: Pontzer H; Rimbach R; Paltan J; Ivory EL; Kendall CJ
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Ranging Ecology: The View from Above.

Current biology : CB
2020-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.029
PMID: 33202239
Contributors: Pontzer H
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Ageing and physical function in East African foragers and pastoralists.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0608
PMID: 32951542
Contributors: Sayre MK; Pontzer H; Alexander GE; Wood BM; Pike IL; Mabulla AZP; Raichlen DA
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Hydration in relation to water insecurity, heat index, and lactation status in two small-scale populations in hot-humid and hot-arid environments.

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council
2020-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23447
PMID: 32583580
Contributors: Bethancourt HJ; Swanson ZS; Nzunza R; Huanca T; Conde E; Kenney WL; Young SL; Ndiema E; Braun D; Pontzer H et al.
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Sitting, squatting, and the evolutionary biology of human inactivity.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2020-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1911868117
PMID: 32152112
PMC: PMC7132251
Contributors: Raichlen DA; Pontzer H; Zderic TW; Harris JA; Mabulla AZP; Hamilton MT; Wood BM
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Constraint and trade-offs regulate energy expenditure during childhood.

Science advances
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax1065
PMID: 32064311
PMC: PMC6989306
Contributors: Urlacher SS; Snodgrass JJ; Dugas LR; Sugiyama LS; Liebert MA; Joyce CJ; Pontzer H
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Dehydration and persistence hunting in Homo erectus.

Journal of human evolution
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102682
PMID: 31770677
Contributors: Hora M; Pontzer H; Wall-Scheffler CM; Sládek V
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Fitness and Fatness Are Both Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk in Preadolescents.

The Journal of pediatrics
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.09.076
PMID: 31759583
Contributors: Stoner L; Pontzer H; Barone Gibbs B; Moore JB; Castro N; Skidmore P; Lark S; Williams MA; Hamlin MJ; Faulkner J
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The International Atomic Energy Agency International Doubly Labelled Water Database: Aims, Scope and Procedures.

Annals of nutrition & metabolism
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1159/000503668
PMID: 31743893
Contributors: Speakman JR; Pontzer H; Rood J; Sagayama H; Schoeller DA; Westerterp KR; Wong WW; Yamada Y; Loechl C; Murphy-Alford AJ
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Water turnover among human populations: Effects of environment and lifestyle.

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23365
PMID: 31782865
Contributors: Swanson ZS; Pontzer H
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Sex differences in respiratory and circulatory cost during hypoxic walking: potential impact on oxygen saturation.

Scientific reports
2019-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44844-6
PMID: 31266961
PMC: PMC6606641
Contributors: Horiuchi M; Kirihara Y; Fukuoka Y; Pontzer H
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Extreme events reveal an alimentary limit on sustained maximal human energy expenditure.

Science advances
2019-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw0341
PMID: 31183404
PMC: PMC6551185
Contributors: Thurber C; Dugas LR; Ocobock C; Carlson B; Speakman JR; Pontzer H
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Methodological differences cannot explain associations between health, anthropometrics, and excess resting metabolic rate.

American journal of physical anthropology
2019-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23811
PMID: 30882898
Contributors: Gurven M; Trumble B; Stieglitz J; Cummings D; Kaplan H; Blackwell AD; Yetish G; Pontzer H
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High energy requirements and water throughput of adult Shuar forager-horticulturalists of Amazonian Ecuador.

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council
2019-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23223
PMID: 30801886
Contributors: Christopher L; Madimenos FC; Bribiescas RG; Urlacher SS; Snodgrass JJ; Sugiyama LS; Pontzer H
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Age-related decline in urine concentration may not be universal: Comparative study from the U.S. and two small-scale societies.

American journal of physical anthropology
2019-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23788
PMID: 30706445
PMC: PMC6482828
Contributors: Rosinger AY; Pontzer H; Raichlen DA; Wood BM; Tanner SN; Sands JM
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Sustained high levels of physical activity lead to improved performance among "Race Across the USA" athletes.

American journal of physical anthropology
2019-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23781
PMID: 30693944
Contributors: Ocobock C; Overbeck A; Carlson C; Royer C; Mervenne A; Thurber C; Dugas LR; Carlson B; Pontzer H
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Hunter-gatherers as models in public health.

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity
2018-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12785
PMID: 30511505
Contributors: Pontzer H; Wood BM; Raichlen DA
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Energy Constraint as a Novel Mechanism Linking Exercise and Health.

Physiology (Bethesda, Md.)
2018-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00027.2018
PMID: 30303776
Contributors: Pontzer H
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Method and rationale for recalculating dilution spaces to a single, common time point in doubly labeled water studies.

European journal of clinical nutrition
2018-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41430-018-0361-1
PMID: 30410081
Contributors: Pontzer H
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Elite swimmers do not exhibit a body mass index trade-off across a wide range of event distances.

Proceedings. Biological sciences
2018-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0684
PMID: 30051831
PMC: PMC6053931
Contributors: Gagnon CM; Steiper ME; Pontzer H
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Hip extensor mechanics and the evolution of walking and climbing capabilities in humans, apes, and fossil hominins.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2018-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715120115
PMID: 29610309
PMC: PMC5910817
Contributors: Kozma EE; Webb NM; Harcourt-Smith WEH; Raichlen DA; D'Août K; Brown MH; Finestone EM; Ross SR; Aerts P; Pontzer H
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Tradeoffs between immune function and childhood growth among Amazonian forager-horticulturalists.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2018-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1717522115
PMID: 29632170
PMC: PMC5924892
Contributors: Urlacher SS; Ellison PT; Sugiyama LS; Pontzer H; Eick G; Liebert MA; Cepon-Robins TJ; Gildner TE; Snodgrass JJ
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Great ape walking kinematics: Implications for hominoid evolution.

American journal of physical anthropology
2018-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23397
PMID: 29313896
Contributors: Finestone EM; Brown MH; Ross SR; Pontzer H
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Measuring the Energy of Ventilation and Circulation during Human Walking using Induced Hypoxia.

Scientific reports
2017-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05068-8
PMID: 28694491
PMC: PMC5504009
Contributors: Horiuchi M; Fukuoka Y; Handa Y; Abe D; Pontzer H
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Economy and Endurance in Human Evolution.

Current biology : CB
2017-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.031
PMID: 28633035
Contributors: Pontzer H
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Body size and lower limb posture during walking in humans.

PloS one
2017-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172112
PMID: 28192522
PMC: PMC5305206
Contributors: Hora M; Soumar L; Pontzer H; Sládek V
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Gait changes in a line of mice artificially selected for longer limbs.

PeerJ
2017-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3008
PMID: 28243533
PMC: PMC5324776
Contributors: Sparrow LM; Pellatt E; Yu SS; Raichlen DA; Pontzer H; Rolian C
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