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Name:
Daniel Schmitt
Home address:
Present position:
2029 Pershing St. Associate Professor
Durham, North Carolina 27705
Dept. Bio. Anthro. and Anatomy
(919) 416-0931 Box 3170 Duke University Medical Center
Daniel_Schmitt@baa.mc.duke.edu Durham, NC 27705
http://www.baa.duke.edu/SchmittLab/index.htm (919) 684-5664
Education:
1987 B.S. Yale University Organismal Biology and Anatomy
1992 M.A. SUNY at Stony Brook Anthropology
1995 Ph.D. SUNY at Stony Brook Anthropology
Doctoral Dissertation: A Kinematic and Kinetic Analysis of Forelimb Use During Arboreal and
terrestrial Quadrupedalism in Old World Monkeys. (Advisor: S.G. Larson)
Honors and awards:
2002 Basic Science Faculty “Golden Apple” Award from the American Medical Student
Association for excellence in teaching at Duke University Medical Center
2001 Basic Science Faculty “Golden Apple” Award from the American Medical Student
Association for excellence in teaching at Duke University Medical Center
1994 The President's Award for Distinguished Doctoral Students, SUNY at Stony Brook
1994 The Norman Creel Prize for Outstanding Student Research in Anatomical Sciences,
Department of Anatomical Sciences, SUNY at Stony Brook.
1993 The Sherwood Washburn Prize for Outstanding Student Research. 62nd Annual
Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Toronto Canada
1993 Graduate Council Summer Dissertation Fellowship, The Graduate School, SUNY at
Stony Brook
Research grants:
2004 National Science Foundation “Gait Mechanics in primate and Nonprimate quadrupeds”
$119,600 Funded. 1/05
2004 National Science Foundation “Vertical climbing efficiency in primates” (Dissertation
Improvement Grant for J. Hanna) $11,965 Funded. 1/05.
2004 National Institutes of Health “Effects of Myostatin Deficiency on Bone Strength” (PI:
M. Hamrick, Multiple co-Pis including D. Schmitt-5% effort). $1,001,000 Funded 5/04.
2003 National Institutes of Health Program Project “Biomechanics and inflammation in
Osteoarthritis” (PI: F. Guilak, multiple co-PIs including D. Schmitt-5% effort).
$7,632,130. Funded 5/03.

2003 National Science Foundation “The mechanics of tree gouging in common marmosets
(Callithrix jacchus).” (Co-PI with C. Vinyard, C. E. Wall, W. L. Hylander). $23,153
Funded 3/05
2002 National Science Foundation “The Evolution of Diagonal Sequence Gaits in Primates:
A new approach to the problem” (co-PI with M. Cartmill and P. Lemelin). $145,000
Funded 1/1/02-12/31/04.
2002 National Science Foundation “Mechanics of Mammalian Footpads” (Dissertation
Improvement Grant for K. J. Chi,). Funded 5/02 $9,996
2001 North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Equipment grant to purchase a materials testing
system. (F. Guilak is PI, additional investigators are G. Truskey, W. Kraus, L. Nikalson,
L. Setton, J. Gimble, F. Moutos, W. Reichert, J. Leung, R. Spurney, L. Quarles, and D.
Schmitt). Funded 2/01 $140,401
2000 L.S.B. Leakey Foundation “Experimental Analysis of the effect of posture on heelstrike
impact shocks.” $8,647 funded 7/1/00 $8,467
2000 Duke University Arts and Sciences Research Council “Foot Positioning during
quadrupedalism and the origins of anthropoid locomotion: An experimental study.”
Funded 5/15/00 $2,199
2000 National Science Foundation “The mechanics of tree gouging in common marmosets
(Callithrix jacchus).” (Co-PI with C. Vinyard, C. E. Wall, W. L. Hylander). Funded
12/00. $22,421.
1998 National Science Foundation. “Mechanics of Fine Branch Locomotion in Primates and
Opossums” (PI with P. Lemelin). Funded 7/15/99 $55,055.
1995 L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, "The influence of pelvic and lumbar anatomy on bipedalism
in australopithecines (co-PI with M. Cartmill) Funded 12/95 $10,982.
1993 Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research, "Kinematics and kinetics of forelimb use during
arboreal and terrestrial quadrupedalism in anthropoid primates." $600.
1992 National Science Foundation, "Kinematics and kinetics of forelimb use during arboreal
and terrestrial quadrupedalism in anthropoid primates." Feb. 1993-May 1994 $10,000.
DBS 9218451.
1992 Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research, "Kinematics and kinetics of forelimb use during
arboreal and terrestrial quadrupedalism in anthropoid primates." $600.
Teaching experience:
Co-Course Director, Human Gross Anatomy, Department of Biological Anthropology and
Anatomy, Duke University Medical Center. Fall 2002-2004
Co-course Director Dance Science. Spring, 2003
Course Director, First-year graduate seminar in Physical Anthropology. Fall 2001-2003
Acting Course Director, Human Gross Anatomy, Department of Biological Anthropology and
Anatomy, Duke University Medical Center. Fall 2001
Course Director, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics (graduate seminar). Spring, 2000
Course Director, 20 th century thought in Physical Anthropology (grad. seminar). Spring 1998
Course Director, The Human Body, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy,
Duke University. Spring 1995-1997
Course Director, Introduction to Biological Anthropology. Department of Biological

Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University. Fall 1995; Summer, 1996, 1997
Course Director, Human Evolution. Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy,
Duke University. Summer, 1995, 1996.
Instructor, Human Gross Anatomy, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy,
Duke University Medical Center. Fall 1994-2001
Course Director, Primate Biology and Behavior, Department of Anthropology, SUNY Stony
Brook. Fall 1993.
Course Director, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, SUNY
Stony Brook. Summer 1992, Spring 1993.
Instructor, Human Gross Anatomy, School of Allied Health Professions, SUNY Stony
Brook. Fall 1990, 1991.
Service:
Publications:
Instructor North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC. and Scientists in
the Classroom, Raleigh NC
Manuscripts reviewed for: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Journal of
Human Evolution, Journal of Biomechanics, Journal of Experimental Biology,
International Journal of Primatology, Arthritis and Rheumatism.
Grants reviewed for: L. S. B. Leakey Foundation, National Science Foundation
University Service: Basic Science Faculty Steering Committee (Duke University
Medical School), First-year promotions committee (Duke University Medical School),
Admissions committee (Duke University, Depart of Biological Anthropology and
Anatomy), Technical Standards Committee (Duke University Medical School).
Student committees served on: Lap-Ki Chan (Ph.D., Duke), Simon Habegger (Masters
Duke), Michael Black (Ph.D. Duke), Natalia Rybczynski (Ph.D. Duke), Katherine Brust
(Ph.D. Duke), Laura Gruss (Ph.D. Duke), Nancy Stevens (Ph.D. SUNY), Erik Seiffert
(Ph.D., Duke), Patrick Lewis (Ph.D., Duke), Kai-Jung Chi (Ph.D., Duke), Elissa
Krakauer (Ph.D., Duke).
Primary advisees: Jandy Hanna (Ph.D. Duke), Laura Gruss (Ph.D. Duke)
2005 Lemelin, P. and Schmitt, D. The origins of grasping and locomotor adaptations in
primates: Comparative and experimental approaches using an opossum model. In: (M.
Dagosto and M. Ravosa eds.) Primate Origins. New York: Kluwer. (in press)
2005 Cartmill, M. Lemelin, P., and Schmitt, D. Primate gaits and primate origins. In: (M.
Dagosto and M. Ravosa eds.) Primate Origins. New York: Kluwer. (in press)
2005 Schmitt, D., Turnquist, J., Rose, M. D. and Lemelin, P. Experimental and Osteological
Evidence for the Role of the Prehensile Tail During Locomotion in Atelines. Am. J. Phys.
Anthropol. (in press)
2005 Chi, K.J. and Schmitt, D. Use of effective foot mass to estimate impact energy
dissipation in the human heel pad during normal gaits. J. Biomechanics (in press)

2004 Schmitt, D. and Lemelin, P. Locomotor mechanics of the slender loris. J. Hum. Evol.47:
85-94
2004 Schmitt, D. and Hanna, J. Substrate alters forelimb to hindlimb peak force ratios on
primates. J. Hum. Evol. 46: 237 - 252
2004 Lemelin, P. and Schmitt, D. Seasonal variation in body mass and locomotor dynamics
of the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius). J. Morphology 260: 65-71
2004 Kay, R.F., Schmitt, D., Vinyard, C., Perry, J., Shigehara, N., and Egi, N. The
paleobiology of Amphipithecidae, South Asian late Eocene primates. J. Hum. Evol. 46:
3-25.
2004 Vinyard, C.J. and Schmitt, D. New technique for studying reaction forces during primate
behaviors on vertical substrates. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 125:343-351
2003 Schmitt, D. The relationship between forelimb anatomy and mediolateral forces in
primate quadrupeds: Implications for interpretation of locomotor behavior in extinct
primates. J. Hum. Evol. 44: 49-60.
2003 Schmitt, D. Insights into the evolution of human bipedalism from experimental studies
of humans and other primates. J. Exp. Biol. 206: 1437-1448.
2003 Churchill SE, and Schmitt D. Biomechanics in paleoanthropology: engineering and
experimental approaches to the investigation of behavioral evolution in the genus Homo.
In C Harcourt and R Crompton (eds.): New Perspectives in Primate Evolution and
Behavior. London: Linnaean Society, pp. 59-90.
2003 Schmitt, D. Evolutionary implications of the unusual walking mechanics of the common
marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 122: 28 - 37.
2003 Lemelin, P., Schmitt, D., and Cartmill, M. Footfall patterns and interlimb coordination in
opossums: evidence for the evolution of diagonal-sequence walking gaits in primates. J.
Zool. 260: 423-429.
2003 Schmitt, D. Substrate size and primate forelimb mechanics: implications for
understanding the evolution of primate locomotion. Int. J. Primatol. 24: 1023-1026
2003 Gruss, L. T. and Schmitt, D. Bipedalism in Homo Ergaster: An experimental study of the
effects of tibial proportions on locomotor biomechanics. In: (J Meldrum and C. Hilton
eds.) From Biped to Strider: The emergence of modern human walking, running, and
resource transport.. New York: Kluwer/Plenum (in press)

2002 Schmitt, D. and Lemelin, P. The Origins of Primate Locomotion: Gait Mechanics of the
Woolly Opossum. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 118: 231 – 238.
2002 Schmitt, D., Churchill, S.E., and Hylander, W.L. Experimental evidence concerning
spear use in Neandertals and early modern humans. J. Arch. Sci. 30: 101-112
2002 Krakauer, E., Lemelin, P., and Schmitt, D. Hand and body position during locomotor
behavior in the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascarensis). Am. J. Primatol. 57:105-108.
2002 Cartmill, C., Lemelin, P., and Schmitt, D. Support polygons and symmetrical gaits in
mammals. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 136: 401-420.
2001 Larson, S.G., Schmitt, D., Lemelin, P., and Hamrick, M. Limb excursion during
quadrupedal walking: How do primates compare to other mammals. J. Zool. 255: 353-
365
2001 Wall, C.E., Schmitt, D., Vinyard, C.J., and Hylander, W.L. Correlation between
transverse mandibular movements and masseter muscle activity during chewing in Papio
anubis. In Dental Morphology 2001 (A Brook, ed.). Sheffield Academic Press Ltd.,
Sheffield UK. Pp. 277-282.
2001 Vinyard, C.J., Wall, C.E., Williams, S.H., Schmitt, D., and Hylander, W.L. A
preliminary report on the .jaw mechanics during tree gouging in common marmosets
(Callithrix jacchus). In Dental Morphology 2001 (A Brook, ed.). Sheffield Academic
Press Ltd., Sheffield UK. Pp. 283-298.
2000 Larson, S.G., Schmitt, D., Lemelin, P., and Hamrick, M. The uniqueness of primate
forelimb posture during quadrupedal locomotion. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 112: 87-101
1999 Turnquist, J. E., Schmitt, D. Rose, M.D., and Cant, J. G. Pendular motion in the
brachiation of captive Lagothrix and Ateles. Am. J. Primatol. 48: 263-281
1999 Schmitt, D. Compliant walking in primates. J. Zool. 247: 149-160
1999 Daegling, D. and Schmitt, D. Bigfoot’s screen test. Skeptical Inquirer 23: 20-25
1998 Schmitt, D. Forelimb mechanics during arboreal and terrestrial quadrupedalism in Old
World Monkeys. In: Primate Locomotion: Recent Advances (E. Strasser, A.
Rosenberger, H. McHenry, J. Fleagle eds.) New York: Plenum 175-200.
1998 Hamrick, M., Churchill, S., Schmitt, D., Hylander, W. EMG of the human flexor pollicis
longus muscle: Implications for the evolution of hominid tool use. J. Hum. Evol. 34:
123-136.
1998 Lemelin, P. and Schmitt, D. The relationship between hand anatomy and kinematics

during quadrupedalism in primates: a test of the relationship between behavior and
anatomy. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.105: 185-197.
1996 Schmitt, D. Humeral head shape as an indicator of locomotor behavior in extant
strepsirhines and Eocene adapids. Folia Primatologica 67: 137-151.
1995 Schmitt, D. and Larson, S. G. Heel substrate-contact as a function of substrate type and
speed in primates. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 96: 39-50
1994 Schmitt, D., Larson, S.G., & Stern, J.T. Jr., Serratus ventralis function in vervet
monkeys: Are primate quadrupeds unique? J. Zool. 232: 215-230.
1994 Schmitt, D. Forelimb mechanics as a function of substrate type during quadrupedalism in
two anthropoid primates. J. Hum. Evol. 26: 441-458.
1994 Demes, B., Larson, S. G., Stern, J. T. Jr., Jungers, W. L., Biknevicius, A. R., and
Schmitt, D. The kinetics of primate quadrupedalism: "hind limb drive" reconsidered. J.
Hum. Evol. 26: 353-374
Manuscripts under review:
Hanna, J. B., Polk, J. D., and Schmitt, D. Conservation of force distribution patterns
across gaits in primates. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. (submitted)
Cooley, M., Griffin, T., Schmitt, D. The effect of backpack hip belts on the
biomechanics of walking. Applied Ergonomics (submitted)
Hunt, J. and Schmitt, D. A postural mechanism to explain reduced hip extension in early
hominids. J. Hum. Evol. (submitted)
Schmitt, D., Cartmill, M., Hanna, J., Griffin, T., and Lemelin, P. The adaptive value of
ambling in primates. Nature (submitted)
Manuscripts in preparation:
Schmitt, D., Stern, J. T. Jr., and Larson, S. G. Adaptive advantages of the of the bipedal
gait of early hominids. To be submitted to the Journal of Human Evolution.

Abstracts:
2005 Schmitt, D., Gruss, L. T., and Lemelin, P. Forelimb compliance and arboreality in
primates and marsupials. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 40: (in press)
2004 Cartmill, M., Schmitt, D., and Lemelin, P. Duty factors and lateral sequence gaits in
primates and chameleons. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 38: 73
2003 Schmitt, D., Lemelin, P., and Hanna, J. Locomotor modes of primates at moderate
speeds. I. The implications of the amble and the canter for primate locomotor evolution.
Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 36: 185
2003 Lemelin, P. and Schmitt, D. The effect of body mass variation on the locomotor
dynamics of Cheirogaleus medius: a natural experiment. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol Suppl.
36: 138-139.
2003 Hanna, J., Schmitt, D., and Lemelin, P. The effect of speed and gait changes on vertical
peak forces in primates. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 36: 108
2003 Chi, K. J. and Schmitt, D. Estimate impact energy dissipation in human heel pad during
normal gaits 2003 Annual Meeting of Society of Experimental Biology
2003 Shepherd, S., Schmitt, D., and Platt, M. Visual orienting by freely-moving primates in
naturalistic environments. Neuroscience
2002 Schmitt, D. Gait mechanics in the common marmoset: Implications for the origin of
primate locomotion. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol) Suppl. 34: 137
2002 Hanna, J. and Schmitt, D. Galloping Dynamics of Primates vs. nonprimate mammals:
implications for understanding primate locomotor evolution. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol
Suppl. 34: 81 - 82
2002 Lemelin, P., Schmitt, D., and Cartmill, M. The origins of diagonal-sequence walking
gaits in primates: An experimental test involving two didelphid marsupials. Am. J. Phys.
Anthropol Suppl. 34: 101
2002 Kay, R.F., Schmitt, D., and Vinyard, C. Pondaungia cotteri, a slow moving primate seed
predator from the Eocene of South Asia. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol Suppl. 34: 92
2002 Cartmill, M. Lemelin, P. and Schmitt, D. A new theory concerning the adaptive value
and evolution of diagonal-sequence gaits in primates and marsupials. Am. J. Phys.
Anthropol. Suppl. 34: 52
2002 Chi, K.J. and Schmitt, D. How can a heel pad perform multiple roles? Proceedings of the
2002 SICB conference.

2001 Lemelin, P. and Schmitt D. Convergence in gait mechanics between primates and woolly
opossums: the origin of primate locomotion can be traced back to a fine-branch niche.
Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 32: 97
2001 Cartmill, M, Lemelin, P., Schmitt, D. Predicting mammalian walking gaits from
optimized support polygons. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 32: 48
2001 Krakauer, E., Lemelin, P., Schmitt, D. Hand and body position during locomotor
behavior in the aye-aye. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 32: 92-93
2000 Wunderlich, R.W. and Schmitt, D. Hindlimb adaptations associated with heel-strike
plantigrady in hominoids. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 30: 328
2000 Gruss, L.T. and Schmitt, D. The relationship between ground reaction forces and crural
index in modern humans and early Homo. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 30: 167-168.
1999 Schmitt, D., Lemelin, P., and Trueblood, A. Shock wave transmission through the
human body during normal and compliant walking. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 28:
243-244
1999 Cartmill, M. and Schmitt, D. Axial rotation in the lumbar vertebral column of
Australopithecus africanus. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 28: 102-103
1999 Hunt, J. and Schmitt, D. A postural model to explain reduced hip extension in Hadar
hominid AL-288-1. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 28: 157
1999 Lemelin, P., Schmitt, D., and Cartmill, M. Gait patterns and interlimb coordination in
woolly opossums: how did ancestral primates move? Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 28:
181-182
1999 Larson, S. G. Schmitt, D. and Sipe, C. Forelimb and hind limb angular excursions in
primates: which is unique? Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 28: 179
1999 Klein, P.J., Wall, C.E., and Schmitt, D. Transverse tooth movements during mastication
in Pan troglodytes. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 28: 170-171
1998 Schmitt, D., Turnquist, J.E., Rose, M.D., and Lemelin, P. Relationship between
prehensile tail anatomy and kinematics in two Atelines Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl.
26: 196
1998 Larson, S.G., Schmitt, D., Lemelin, P., and Hamrick, M. Forelimb posture during
quadrupedal locomotion: Primates compared to nonprimates. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.
Suppl. 26: 147
1997 Schmitt, D. Compliant gait and the origin of primate locomotion. Am. J. Phys.
Anthropol. Suppl. 24: 205.

1997 Cartmill, M. and Schmitt, D. The effect of pelvic width on pelvic rotation during
bipedalism in modern and fossil hominids. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 24: 89.
1997 Turnquist, J., Schmitt, D., and Rose, M. D. Tail and body orientation of captive
Lagothrix and Ateles. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 24: 230.
1997 Hamrick, M., Churchill, S., Schmitt, D., and Hylander, W. EMG of human flexor pollicis
longus: implications for the evolution of hominid tool use. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.
Suppl. 24: 123.
1997 Hamrick, M., Churchill, S., Schmitt, D., and Hylander, W. Tool use in Homo and
Australopithecus. J. Hum. Evol.
1996 Schmitt, D., Stern, J. T. Jr., and Larson, S. G. Compliant gait in humans: Implications
for substrate reaction forces during australopithecine bipedalism. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.
Suppl. 22: 209
1996 Cartmill, M. and Schmitt, D. Pelvic rotation in human walking & running: Implications
for early hominid bipedalism. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 22: 81
1996 Cant, J. G. H., Rose, M. D., Schmitt, D., Turnquist, J. E., and Youlatos, D. Field and
controlled observations of the positional behavior of Lagothrix and Ateles. Am. J. Phys.
Anthropol. Suppl. 22: 81.
1995 Schmitt, D. and Lemelin. P. Hand position during arboreal and terrestrial
quadrupedalism in primates. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 20: 152
1994 Schmitt, D. and Larson, S.G. Patterns of heel-substrate contact in nonhuman primates.
Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 18: 178.
1993 Schmitt, D. Transverse substrate reaction forces on the forelimb during arboreal and
terrestrial quadrupedalism in monkeys. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 16: 174.
1992 Schmitt, D. A kinematic and kinetic analysis of terrestrial and arboreal quadrupedalism
in Papio and Ateles. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 14: 148
1991 Schmitt, D. Strepsirhine humeral head morphology and its implications for Notharctine
locomotion. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 12: 159
1990 Schmitt, D., Larson, S.G., and Stern. J.T. Jr. Stabilization and rotation of the scapula in
vervet monkeys. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 81: 292.
Conference and symposia presentations (other than AAPA):

2001 Lemelin, P. and Schmitt, D. The origins of grasping and locomotor adaptations in
primates: Comparative and experimental approaches using an opossum model. Presented
at the “Primate Origins” symposium. Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
2001 Cartmill, M. Lemelin, P., and Schmitt, D. Diagonal Sequence gaits and primate origins.
Presented at the “Primate Origins” symposium. Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
1996 Schmitt, D. and Larson, S.G. "Compliant gait and the evolution of primate
quadrupedalism" Presented at The New England regional Meeting of the Division of
Vertebrate Morphology of the American zoological Society. Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY.
1995 Schmitt, D., “Forelimb mechanics during arboreal and terrestrial quadrupedalism in Old
World Monkeys”. Presented at symposium entitled “Primate Locomotion-1995”
University of California at Davis. Davis, CA.
1992 Schmitt, D., Larson, S.G., & Stern, J.T. Jr. "The role of serratus ventralis in vervet
monkeys and other quadrupedal mammals." Presented at The New England regional
Meeting of the Division of Vertebrate Morphology of the American zoological Society.
Yale University, New Haven, CT.
1989 Schmitt, D. "A comparative approach to the relationship between forelimb use and the
evolution of bipedalism in hominids." Presented at: Northeast Anthropological
Association Annual Conference; Universite de Montreal; Montreal, Canada.
Invited Seminars:
2004 “Gait mechanics in primates and nonprimates: Have primates changed the rules?” Invited
Seminar. Interdepartement Program in Anthropological Sciences. Stony Brook
University. Stony Brook, NY.
2003 “Evolutionary transitions in limb function: The origin of primates and the origin of
bipedalism.” Invited seminar of the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1998 “Compliant Walking in Primates.” Invited seminar for the Department of Anthropology,
Yale University, New Haven, CT.
1996 "Compliant Gait and the Evolution of Primate Locomotion" Invited seminar for the
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD
1996 "Compliant Gait and the Evolution of Primate Locomotion" Invited Seminar for the
Department of Anatomy. New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury,
NY

1996 "Compliant Gait and the Mechanics and Evolution of Human Locomotion" Invited
Seminar for the Department of Biology and the Department of Physical Therapy, Carroll
College, Waukesha, WI.
1996 “Compliant Gait and the Evolution of Primate Locomotion." Invited seminar for the
Department of Anatomy, Northeast Ohio Univ. College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH.
1994 “Kinematics and Kinetics of Primate Arboreal and Terrestrial Quadrupedalism: The
Evidence from the Forelimb.” Invited Presentation for The Department of Anatomy.
University of Puerto Rico Medical Center, PR.