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Elastic energy storage in the shoulder and the evolution of high-speed throwing in Homo by Roach, Neil T., Venkadesan, Madhusudhan, Rainbow, Michael J., Lieberman, Daniel E.

“…Humans are able to throw projectiles with high speed and accuracy largely as a result of anatomical features that enable elastic energy storage and release at…”
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Upper body contributions to power generation during rapid, overhand throwing in humans by Roach, Neil T, Lieberman, Daniel E

“…High-speed and accurate throwing is a distinctive human behavior. Achieving fast projectile speeds during throwing requires a combination of elastic energy…”
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Fossil hominin shoulders support an African ape-like last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees by Young, Nathan M., Capellini, Terence D., Roach, Neil T., Alemseged, Zeresenay

“…Reconstructing the behavioral shifts that drove hominin evolution requires knowledge of the timing, magnitude, and direction of anatomical changes over the…”
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Footprints reveal direct evidence of group behavior and locomotion in Homo erectus by Hatala, Kevin G., Roach, Neil T., Ostrofsky, Kelly R., Wunderlich, Roshna E., Dingwall, Heather L., Villmoare, Brian A., Green, David J., Harris, John W. K., Braun, David R., Richmond, Brian G.

“…Bipedalism is a defining feature of the human lineage. Despite evidence that walking on two feet dates back 6–7 Ma, reconstructing hominin gait evolution is…”
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Reply to Melillo: Woranso-Mille is consistent with an australopithecine shoulder intermediate between African apes and Homo by Young, Nathan M, Capellini, Terence D, Roach, Neil T, Alemseged, Zeresenay

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REPLY TO ALMÉCIJA: A new direction for reconstructing our last common ancestor with chimpanzees by Young, Nathan M., Capellini, Terence D., Roach, Neil T., Alemseged, Zeresenay

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Fossil footprints and what they mean for hominin paleobiology by Hatala, Kevin G., Roach, Neil T., Behrensmeyer, Anna K.

“…Hominin footprints have not traditionally played prominent roles in paleoanthropological studies, aside from the famous 3.66 Ma footprints discovered at…”
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Clavicle length, throwing performance and the reconstruction of the Homo erectus shoulder by Roach, Neil T., Richmond, Brian G.

“…Powerful, accurate throwing may have been an important mode of early hunting and defense. Previous work has shown that throwing performance is functionally…”
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Pleistocene footprints show intensive use of lake margin habitats by Homo erectus groups by Roach, Neil T., Hatala, Kevin G., Ostrofsky, Kelly R., Villmoare, Brian, Reeves, Jonathan S., Du, Andrew, Braun, David R., Harris, John W. K., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Richmond, Brian G.

“…Reconstructing hominin paleoecology is critical for understanding our ancestors’ diets, social organizations and interactions with other animals. Most…”
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Three-dimensional scapular morphology is associated with rotator cuff tears and alters the abduction moment arm of the supraspinatus by Lee, Erin C.S., Roach, Neil T., Clouthier, Allison L., Bicknell, Ryan T., Bey, Michael J., Young, Nathan M., Rainbow, Michael J.

“…Numerous studies have reported an association between rotator cuff injury and two-dimensional measures of scapular morphology. However, the mechanical…”
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Hominin track assemblages from Okote Member deposits near Ileret, Kenya, and their implications for understanding fossil hominin paleobiology at 1.5 Ma by Hatala, Kevin G., Roach, Neil T., Ostrofsky, Kelly R., Wunderlich, Roshna E., Dingwall, Heather L., Villmoare, Brian A., Green, David J., Braun, David R., Harris, John W.K., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Richmond, Brian G.

“…Tracks can provide unique, direct records of behaviors of fossil organisms moving across their landscapes millions of years ago. While track discoveries have…”
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Pleistocene animal communities of a 1.5 million-year-old lake margin grassland and their relationship to Homo erectus paleoecology by Roach, Neil T., Du, Andrew, Hatala, Kevin G., Ostrofsky, Kelly R., Reeves, Jonathan S., Braun, David R., Harris, John W.K., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Richmond, Brian G.

“…The ecological and selective forces that sparked the emergence of Homo's adaptive strategy remain poorly understood. New fossil and archaeological finds call…”
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Humeral torsion does not dictate shoulder position, but does influence throwing speed by Roach, Neil T., Richmond, Brian G.

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The evolutionary origin and population history of the grauer gorilla by Tocheri, Matthew W., Dommain, René, McFarlin, Shannon C., Burnett, Scott E., Troy Case, D., Orr, Caley M., Roach, Neil T., Villmoare, Brian, Eriksen, Amandine B., Kalthoff, Daniela C., Senck, Sascha, Assefa, Zelalem, Groves, Colin P., Jungers, William L.

“…ABSTRACT Gorillas living in western central Africa (Gorilla gorilla) are morphologically and genetically distinguishable from those living in eastern central…”
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The Middle Stone Age of the northern Kenyan Rift: age and context of new archaeological sites from the Kapedo Tuffs by Tryon, Christian A., Roach, Neil T., Logan, M. Amelia V.

“…Rift Valley sites in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya preserve the oldest fossil remains attributed to Homo sapiens and the earliest archaeological sites…”
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Reply to Melillo: Woranso-Mille is consistent with an australopithecine shoulder intermediate between African apes andHomo by Young, Nathan M., Capellini, Terence D., Roach, Neil T., Alemseged, Zeresenay

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