RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
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Most updated synthesis on the evolution of the nonhuman primate and human foot
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Essential resource aimed at students and researchers rather than health professionals. Key illustrations in each chapter
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Companion to The Evolution of the Primate Hand book
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2025 Boulinguez-Ambroise, G., Bradley-Cronkwright, M., Dunham, N. T., Yapuncich, G. S., Schmitt, D., Zeininger, A., Boyer,
D.M. Young, J. W. (2025). Comparative biomechanical analysis of jumping between the arboreal northern treeshrew
(Tupaia belangeri) and the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,
205(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf177
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2024 Boulinguez-Ambroise, G., Boyer, D.M, Dunham, N., Bradley-Cronkwright, M., Yapuncich, G.S., Zeininger, A., Schmitt, D., Young, J.W. Biomechanical and morphological determinants of maximal leaping performance in callitrichine monkeys. Journal of Experimental Biology.
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2024 Zeininger, A., Jensen, J.L., Shapiro, L.J., Schmitt, D. Variable gearing at the ankle during walking in adults and young children: implications for foot development and evolution. Invited paper in a special issue of Frontiers in Earth Science 12: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1348921
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2023 Boulinguez-Ambroise, G., Dunham, N., Phelps, T., Mazonas, T., Nguyen, P., Bradley-Cronkwright, M., Boyer, D.M., Yapuncich, G.S., Zeininger, A., Schmitt, D., Young, J.W. Jumping performance in tree squirrels: Insights into primate evolution. Journal of Human Evolution. 180:103386.
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2023 The Evolution of the Primate Foot. Eds. A. Zeininger, K. Hatala, R.E. Wunderlich, and D. Schmitt. New York: Springer.
2023 Zeininger, A., Hatala, K.G., Wunderlich, R.E., Schmitt, D. Introduction. In: The Evolution of the Primate Foot. (Eds. A. Zeininger, K. Hatala, R.E. Wunderlich, and D. Schmitt). New York: Springer. 1-4.
2023 Zeininger, A. Primate foot use during quadrupedal walking. In: The Evolution of the Primate Foot. (Eds. A. Zeininger, K. Hatala, R.E. Wunderlich, and D. Schmitt). New York: Springer. 199-218.
2023 Su, A., Zeininger, A. The primate ankle and hindfoot. In: The Evolution of the Primate Foot. (Eds. A. Zeininger, K. Hatala, R.E. Wunderlich, and D. Schmitt). New York: Springer.
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2023 Hatala, K.G., Zeininger, A., Schmitt, D., Wunderlich, R.E. Recent developments and future directions for the study of primate feet. In: The Evolution of the Primate Foot (Eds. A. Zeininger, K. Hatala, R.E. Wunderlich, and D. Schmitt). New York: Springer. 441-453.
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2022 Deckers, K., Tsegai, Z.J., Skinner, M.M., Zeininger, A., Kivell, T.L. Ontogenetic changes to metacarpal trabecular bone in mountain (Gorilla beringei) and western lowland (Gorilla gorilla) gorillas. Journal of Anatomy. 241: 82-100.
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2021 Arias-Martorell, J., Zeininger, A., Kivell, T.L. Trabecular structure of the elbow reveals divergence in knuckle-walking biomechanical strategies of African apes. Evolution. 75: 2959-2971.
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2021 Tasnim, N., Schmitt, D., Zeininger, A. Effects of human variation on foot and ankle pain in rural Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 176: 308-320.
2021 Zeininger, A., Schmitt, D., Hughes-Oliver, C., Queen, R. The effect of osteoarthritis and total ankle arthroplasty on center of pressure position. Journal of Orthopedic Research. 39:1245-1252.
2020 Zeininger, A., Schmitt, D., Wunderlich, R.E. Mechanics of heel-strike plantigrady in African apes. Journal of Human Evolution. 145: 102840.
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2019 Schmitt, D., Gruss, L., Zeininger, A. Bipedalism. In (Eds. J. Vonk, T. Shakelford) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition. Springer.
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2018 Zeininger, A., Schmitt, D., Jensen, J.L., Shapiro, L.J. Ontogenetic changes in foot strike pattern and calcaneal loading during walking in young children. Gait and Posture 59: 18-22.
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2018 Granatosky, M.C., Zeininger, A., Schmitt, D. Mechanisms for the functional differentiation of the braking and propulsive roles of the forelimb and hindlimb during quadrupedal walking in primates and felines. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221: jeb162917.
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2018 Schmitt, D., Zeininger, A., Gruss, L. Terrestrial locomotion. In: International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology (Ed. Wenda Trevathan). John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
2017 Chirchir, H., Zeininger, A., Nakatsukasa, Ketcham, R.A., Richmond, B.G. Does trabecular bone structure within the metacarpal heads of primates vary with hand posture? Comptes Rendus Palevol. 16:533-544.
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2017 Zeininger, A., Shapiro, L.J., Raichlen, D.A. Ontogenetic changes in limb postures and their impact on effective limb length in baboons (Papio cynocephalus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 163: 231-241.
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2016 Zeininger, A., Patel, B.A., Zipfel, B., Carlson, K.J. Trabecular architecture in the StW 352 fossil hominin calcaneus. Journal of Human Evolution 97:145-158.
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2016 Schmitt, D., Zeininger, A., Granatosky, M. Patterns, variability, and flexibility of hand posture during locomotion in primates. In: The Evolution of the Primate Hand (Eds. T.L. Kivell, P. Lemelin, B.G. Richmond, and D. Schmitt). New York: Springer. 345-369.
2016 Burgess, M.L., Schmitt, D., Zeininger, A., McFarlin, S.C., Zihlman, A.L., Polk, J.D., Ruff, C.B. Ontogenetic scaling of fore- and hind limb joint posture and limb bone cross-sectional geometry in vervets and baboons. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 161: 72-83.
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2011 Zeininger, A., Richmond, B.G., Hartman, G. Metacarpal head biomechanics: A comparative backscattered electron image analysis of trabecular bone mineral density in Pan troglodytes, Pongo pygmaeus and Homo sapiens. Journal of Human Evolution 60:703-710.