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List of works by Owen Lovejoy

A hominoid humeral fragment from the Pliocene of Kenya

scientific article published in March 1983

A neurochemical hypothesis for the origin of hominids.

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

A reconstruction of the femur of Australopithecus africanus

scientific article published in January 1970

A revised method of age determination using the os pubis, with a review and tests of accuracy of other current methods of pubic symphyseal aging

scientific article published on September 1985

AL 288-1--Lucy or Lucifer: gender confusion in the Pliocene

scientific article

Accuracy and direction of error in the sexing of the skeleton: implications for paleodemography

scientific article published in September 1985

Adaptationism and the anthropoid postcranium: selection does not govern the length of the radial neck

scientific article published in November 2000

Age- and site-specific decline in insulin-like growth factor-I receptor expression is correlated with differential growth plate activity in the mouse hindlimb

scientific article published in April 2007

An early Australopithecus afarensis postcranium from Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia

scientific article (publication date: 6 July 2010)

An enlarged postcranial sample confirms Australopithecus afarensis dimorphism was similar to modern humans.

scientific article

Anatomical, physiological, and epidemiological correlates of the aging process: a confirmation of multifactorial age determination in the Libben skeletal population

scientific article published in September 1985

Anterolateral ligament anatomy: a comparative anatomical study.

scientific article published on 28 December 2015

Ardipithecus ramidus and the Paleobiology of Early Hominids

scientific article published in October 2009

Ardipithecus ramidus and the paleobiology of early hominids

scientific article

Asa Issie, Aramis and the origin of Australopithecus

scientific article published in April 2006

Blood, bulbs, and bunodonts: on evolutionary ecology and the diets of Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and early Homo

scientific article

Bone mineral content and density in the humerus of adult myostatin-deficient mice

scientific article

Branching, segmentation and the metapterygial axis: pattern versus process in the vertebrate limb

scientific article

Careful Climbing in the Miocene: The Forelimbs of Ardipithecus ramidus and Humans Are Primitive

scientific article published in Science

Careful climbing in the Miocene: the forelimbs of Ardipithecus ramidus and humans are primitive.

scientific article published in October 2009

Chlorovirus and myovirus diversity in permafrost thaw ponds

scientific article published in 2018

Chronological metamorphosis of the auricular surface of the ilium: a new method for the determination of adult skeletal age at death

scientific article

Climate change and the integrity of science

scientific article

Collagen fiber orientation in the femoral necks of apes and humans: do their histological structures reflect differences in locomotor loading?

scientific article published in August 2002

Combining Prehension and Propulsion: The Foot of Ardipithecus ramidus

scientific article published in Science

Combining prehension and propulsion: the foot of Ardipithecus ramidus.

scientific article

Comment: an early ape shows its hand

scientific article (publication date: 7 October 2007)

Comparison of diaphyseal growth between the Libben Population and the Hamann-Todd chimpanzee sample

scientific article published on January 1996

Conclusion: Implications of KSD-VP-1/1 for Early Hominin Paleobiology and Insights into the Chimpanzee/Human Last Common Ancestor

Cortical bone distribution in the femoral neck of hominoids: implications for the locomotion of Australopithecus afarensis

scientific article

Dental wear in the Libben population: its functional pattern and role in the determination of adult skeletal age at death

scientific article

Developmental Biology and Human Evolution

article published in 2003

Developmental identity versus typology: Lucy has only four sacral segments.

scientific article

Early hominids may have been weed species.

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

Ectocranial suture closure in Pan troglodytes and Gorilla gorilla: pattern and phylogeny

scientific article published in August 2008

Ectocranial suture closure: a revised method for the determination of skeletal age at death based on the lateral-anterior sutures

scientific article published in September 1985

Evolution of human walking

scientific article

Evolution of the hominoid scapula and its implications for earliest hominid locomotion.

scientific article published on 27 January 2017

Femoral morphology and cross-sectional geometry of adult myostatin-deficient mice

scientific article

First steps of bipedality in hominids: evidence from the atelid and proconsulid pelvis

scientific article

From Lucy to Kadanuumuu: balanced analyses of Australopithecus afarensis assemblages confirm only moderate skeletal dimorphism

scientific article

Further evidence on relative dental maturation and somatic developmental rate in hominoids

scientific article published in January 1992

Geometrical properties of bone sections determined by laminography and physical section

scientific article published in January 1977

Growth plate formation and development in alligator and mouse metapodials: evolutionary and functional implications

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Hallucal tarsometatarsal joint in Australopithecus afarensis

scientific article

Histomorphological and geometric properties of human femoral cortex in individuals over 50: Implications for histomorphological determination of age-at-death

scientific article

Human Evolution and the Chimpanzee Referential Doctrine*

scientific article

Hunter-gatherer gatherings: stone-tool microwear from the Welling Site (33-Co-2), Ohio, U.S.A. supports Clovis use of outcrop-related base camps during the Pleistocene Peopling of the Americas

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

Ignoring Ardipithecus in an origins scenario for bipedality is…lame

Implications of relative robusticity in the Olduvai metatarsus

scientific article published in July 1972

Independent test of the fourth rib aging technique

scientific article

Let bone and muscle talk together: a study of real and virtual dissection and its implications for femoral musculoskeletal structure of chimpanzees

scientific article published on 20 January 2015

Locomotor pattern fails to predict foramen magnum angle in rodents, strepsirrhine primates, and marsupials

scientific article

Long bone growth velocity in the Libben population

scientific article published in January 1990

Metapodial or phalanx? An evolutionary and developmental perspective on the homology of the first ray's proximal segment.

scientific article

Metatarsophalangeal joints of Australopithecus afarensis

scientific article

Models of human evolution

Morphological analysis of the mammalian postcranium: a developmental perspective

scientific article (publication date: 9 November 1999)

Morphology of the Pliocene partial hominid skeleton (A.L. 288-1) from the Hadar formation, Ethiopia

scholarly article by Donald C. Johanson et al published April 1982 in American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Multifactorial determination of skeletal age at death: a method and blind tests of its accuracy

article by Owen Lovejoy et al published 1 September 1985 in American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Neither chimpanzee nor human, Ardipithecus reveals the surprising ancestry of both

scientific article

Odd-nosed monkey scapular morphology converges on that of arm-swinging apes

scientific article published on 18 April 2020

Of muscle-bound crania and human brain evolution: the story behind the MYH16 headlines

scientific article published on 10 January 2006

Ossification of the mouse metatarsal: differentiation and proliferation in the presence/absence of a defined growth plate

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Palaeoanthropology: Did our ancestors knuckle-walk?

scientific article

Paleoanthropology today: hominid evolution

scientific article published on 01 May 1986

Paleobiological implications of the Ardipithecus ramidus dentition.

scientific article

Paleodemography of the libben site, Ottawa county, ohio

scientific article published on 01 October 1977

Part Two: The role of constitutional factors, diet, and infectious disease in the etiology of porotic hyperostosis and periosteal reactions in prehistoric infants and children

scientific article published on 01 January 1978

Patterns of correlation and covariation of anthropoid distal forelimb segments correspond to Hoxd expression territories.

scientific article

Primate phylogeny and immunological distance

scientific article published in May 1972

Proximal Femoral Anatomy of Australopithecus

scientific article published in Nature

Proximal femoral musculoskeletal morphology of chimpanzees and its evolutionary significance: a critique of Morimoto et al. (2011).

scientific article published on 16 October 2012

Questions about Orrorin femur

scientific article

Radiographic changes in the clavicle and proximal femur and their use in the determination of skeletal age at death

article by Walker RA & Owen Lovejoy published 1 September 1985 in American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Reexamining Human Origins in Light of Ardipithecus ramidus

scientific article published in Science

Reexamining human origins in light of Ardipithecus ramidus.

scientific article

Reliability of age at death in the Hamann-Todd collection: validity of subselection procedures used in blind tests of the summary age technique

scientific article published in November 1990

Response to Comment on the Paleobiology and Classification of Ardipithecus ramidus

scientific article published in Science

Rock Music: An Auditory Assessment of Knapping

scientific article published in 2021

Scapular breadth does not discriminate suspension from clambering in hominoids: A response to Spear and Williams

scientific article published on 03 May 2018

Sexual dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis was similar to that of modern humans

scientific article

Skeletal age at death: accuracy of determination and implications for human demography

scientific article published on 01 February 1983

Spinopelvic pathways to bipedality: why no hominids ever relied on a bent-hip-bent-knee gait.

scientific article

Talocrural joint in African hominoids: implications for Australopithecus afarensis

scientific article

Temperature regulates limb length in homeotherms by directly modulating cartilage growth

scientific article

Test of the multifactorial aging method using skeletons with known ages-at-death from the Grant Collection

scientific article published in July 1993

The Ardipithecus ramidus Skull and Its Implications for Hominid Origins

scientific article

The Ardipithecus ramidus skull and its implications for hominid origins.

scientific article

The Functional Anatomy of the Carpometacarpal Complex in Anthropoids and Its Implications for the Evolution of the Hominoid Hand.

scientific article

The Great Divides: Ardipithecus ramidus Reveals the Postcrania of Our Last Common Ancestors with African Apes

scientific article

The Maka femur and its bearing on the antiquity of human walking: applying contemporary concepts of morphogenesis to the human fossil record

scientific article (publication date: October 2002)

The Pelvic Girdle and Limb Bones of KSD-VP-1/1

The Pelvis and Femur of Ardipithecus ramidus: The Emergence of Upright Walking

scientific article

The Taxonomic Status of the 'Meganthropus' Mandibular Fragments from the Djetis Beds of Java

The Thoracic Cage of KSD-VP-1/1

article published in 2015

The antiquity of tarsal coalition. Bilateral deformity in a Pre-Columbian Indian skeleton

scientific article

The biomechanical analysis of bone strength: a method and its application to platycnemia

scientific article

The calcaneus of Australopithecus afarensis and its implications for the evolution of bipedality

scientific article

The case is unchanged and remains robust: Australopithecus afarensis exhibits only moderate skeletal dimorphism. A reply to Plavcan et al. (2005).

scientific article published in August 2005

The distal femoral anatomy of Australopithecus

scientific article published on 01 July 1971

The gait of Australopithecus

scientific article

The great divides: Ardipithecus ramidus reveals the postcrania of our last common ancestors with African apes

scientific article

The hominid ilium is shaped by a synapomorphic growth mechanism that is unique within primates

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

The natural history of human gait and posture. Part 1. Spine and pelvis

scientific article

The natural history of human gait and posture. Part 2. Hip and thigh

scientific article

The natural history of human gait and posture. Part 3. The knee.

scientific article published on March 2007

The origin of man.

scientific article

The pelvis and femur of Ardipithecus ramidus: the emergence of upright walking.

scientific article

The pisiform growth plate is lost in humans and supports a role for Hox in growth plate formation

scientific article

The radiographic preauricular groove: its non-relationship to past parity.

scientific article

The vertebral formula of the last common ancestor of African apes and humans

scientific article

Thermal engineering of stone increased prehistoric toolmaking skill

scientific article published on 10 October 2019

Variation in mammalian proximal femoral development: comparative analysis of two distinct ossification patterns

scientific article (publication date: March 2007)

Why Do Knuckle-Walking African Apes Knuckle-Walk?

scientific article

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