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A new look at the Dynamic Similarity Hypothesis: the importance of swing phase

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

A new model predicting locomotor cost from limb length via force production

scientific article published in April 2005

A unified theory for the energy cost of legged locomotion

scientific article published on February 2016

A wider pelvis does not increase locomotor cost in humans, with implications for the evolution of childbirth

scientific article

Age-related decline in urine concentration may not be universal: Comparative study from the U.S. and two small-scale societies

scientific article published on 31 January 2019

Ageing and physical function in East African foragers and pastoralists

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Air temperature and diet influence body composition and water turnover in zoo-living African elephants (<i>Loxodonta africana</i>)

scientific article published on 25 November 2020

Balancing the scales: Preliminary investigation of total energy expenditure and daily metabolizable energy intake in Matschie’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)

scientific article published on 27 June 2022

Behavior: Knowing When to Walk Away, Knowing When to Run.

scientific article published in August 2016

Biomechanics of running indicates endothermy in bipedal dinosaurs

scientific article published in 2009

Bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion in chimpanzees

scientific article published on 5 December 2013

Body size and lower limb posture during walking in humans

scientific article

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Evolutionary Anthropology Book

Chewing efficiency and occlusal functional morphology in modern humans

scientific article published on 6 February 2016

Chimpanzee locomotor energetics and the origin of human bipedalism

scientific article

Climbing and the daily energy cost of locomotion in wild chimpanzees: implications for hominoid locomotor evolution

scientific article

Constrained Total Energy Expenditure and Metabolic Adaptation to Physical Activity in Adult Humans

scientific article

Constrained Total Energy Expenditure and the Evolutionary Biology of Energy Balance

scientific article published on July 2015

Constraint and trade-offs regulate energy expenditure during childhood

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Control and function of arm swing in human walking and running

scientific article

Correction: Biomechanics of Running Indicates Endothermy in Bipedal Dinosaurs

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Dehydration and persistence hunting in Homo erectus

scientific article published on 23 November 2019

Dental microwear texture analysis and diet in the Dmanisi hominins

scientific article published on 24 October 2011

Early hominin paleoecology. Edited by MattSponheimer, Julia A.Lee‐Thorp, Kaye E.Reed, and PeterUngar. 368 pp. Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado. 2013. $70.00 (cloth), $56.00 (e‐book).

scientific article published in 2013

Economy and Endurance in Human Evolution

scientific article

Effect of influenza vaccination on resting metabolic rate and c-reactive protein concentrations in healthy young adults

scientific article published on 15 December 2023

Effective limb length and the scaling of locomotor cost in terrestrial animals

scientific article published in May 2007

Elite swimmers do not exhibit a body mass index trade-off across a wide range of event distances

scientific article published on 04 July 2018

Energy Constraint as a Novel Mechanism Linking Exercise and Health

article

Energy Expenditure in Humans and Other Primates: A New Synthesis

Evidence of Levy walk foraging patterns in human hunter-gatherers

scientific article published on 23 December 2013

Evolutionary Changes in Physical Activity, Diet, and Energy Expenditure

Extreme events reveal an alimentary limit on sustained maximal human energy expenditure.

scientific article published on 5 June 2019

Fitness and Fatness Are Both Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk in Preadolescents

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

Gait changes in a line of mice artificially selected for longer limbs

scientific article

Gendered movement ecology and landscape use in Hadza hunter-gatherers

scientific article published on 04 January 2021

Great ape walking kinematics: Implications for hominoid evolution

scientific article published on 4 January 2018

Great ranging associated with greater reproductive investment in mammals.

scholarly article

High energy requirements and water throughput of adult Shuar forager-horticulturalists of Amazonian Ecuador

scientific article published on 23 February 2019

High resting metabolic rate among Amazonian forager-horticulturalists experiencing high pathogen burden

scientific article

Hip extensor mechanics and the evolution of walking and climbing capabilities in humans, apes, and fossil hominins.

scientific article published on 2 April 2018

Hydration in relation to water insecurity, heat index, and lactation status in two small-scale populations in hot-humid and hot-arid environments

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Hypermetabolism and energetic constraints in mitochondrial disorders

scientific article published on 9 February 2024

Increased physical activity is not related to markers of cardiometabolic health in two lemur species

scientific article published on 15 October 2023

Locomotor anatomy and biomechanics of the Dmanisi hominins

scientific article

Macronutrient contributions of insects to the diets of hunter-gatherers: a geometric analysis

scientific article published on 14 March 2014

Measuring the Energy of Ventilation and Circulation during Human Walking using Induced Hypoxia ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 July 2017

Metabolic acceleration and the evolution of human brain size and life history

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

Metabolic adaptation for low energy throughput in orangutans

scientific article

Metabolic hypothesis for human altriciality ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 29 August 2012)

Metabolický motor

book edition published in 2022

Method and rationale for recalculating dilution spaces to a single, common time point in doubly labeled water studies

scientific article published on 08 November 2018

Methodological differences cannot explain associations between health, anthropometrics, and excess resting metabolic rate

scientific article published on 18 March 2019

Muscle force production during bent-knee, bent-hip walking in humans

scientific article published on 5 August 2013

Mutualism and manipulation in Hadza–honeyguide interactions

Natural sleep and its seasonal variations in three pre-industrial societies

scientific article

Physical activity patterns and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease risk in hunter-gatherers

scientific article

Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia

scientific article

Predicting the energy cost of terrestrial locomotion: a test of the LiMb model in humans and quadrupeds

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Primate energy expenditure and life history.

scientific article published on 13 January 2014

Ranging Ecology: The View from Above

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Relating ranging ecology, limb length, and locomotor economy in terrestrial animals ⬇️

scientific article published on November 29, 2011

Response to de la Iglesia et al.

scientific article published in April 2016

Sex differences in respiratory and circulatory cost during hypoxic walking: potential impact on oxygen saturation

scientific article published on 02 July 2019

Sitting, squatting, and the evolutionary biology of human inactivity

scientific article published on 09 March 2020

Skeletal pathology in Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii in Kibale National Park, Uganda

scientific article published on April 2008

Sustained high levels of physical activity lead to improved performance among "Race Across the USA" athletes

scientific article published on 29 January 2019

The Exercise Paradox.

scientific article

The International Atomic Energy Agency International Doubly Labelled Water Database: Aims, Scope and Procedures

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

The Laetoli footprints and early hominin locomotor kinematics

scientific article

The Narrow Niche hypothesis: Gray squirrels shed new light on primate origins ⬇️

scientific article published on January 4, 2011

The crown joules: energetics, ecology, and evolution in humans and other primates

scientific article published in January 2017

The human gluteus maximus and its role in running

scientific article published in June 2006

The metabolic cost of walking in humans, chimpanzees, and early hominins

scientific article published on 4 November 2008

Total energy expenditure in captive capuchins (Sapajus apella).

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Trabecular evidence for a human-like gait in Australopithecus africanus

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Tradeoffs between immune function and childhood growth among Amazonian forager-horticulturalists

scientific article published on 9 April 2018

Understanding hind limb weight support in chimpanzees with implications for the evolution of primate locomotion

scientific article published in April 2009

Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors

scientific article published on 25 November 2022

Waddling and toddling: the biomechanical effects of an immature gait

scientific article published in September 2010

Water insecurity, water borrowing and psychosocial stress among Daasanach pastoralists in northern Kenya

scientific article published on 21 November 2022

Water turnover among human populations: Effects of environment and lifestyle

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

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