Publications

Auerbach BM, Sylvester AD. 2011. Allometry and Apparent Paradoxes in Human Limb Proportions: Implications for Scaling Factors. Am J Phys Anthropol 144: 382-391.

Sylvester AD, Mahfouz MR, Kramer PA. 2011. The Effective Mechanical Advantage of A.L. 129-1a for Knee Extension. The Anatomical Record 294: 1486-1499.

Kramer PA, Sylvester AD. 2011. The Energetic Cost of Walking: A Comparison of Predictive Methods. PLoS One 6(e21290): 1-11.

Sylvester AD, Garofalo E, Ruff C. 2010. Technical Note: A R Program for Automating Bone Cross Section Reconstruction. Am J Phys Anthropol 142:665-669.

Sylvester AD, Organ JM. 2010. Curvature Scaling in the Medial Tibial Condyle of Large Bodied Hominoids. The Anatomical Record 293:671-679.

Kramer PA, Sylvester AD. 2009. Bipedal Form and Locomotor Function: Understanding the Effects of Size and Shape on Velocity and Energetics. PaleoAnthropology: 238-251.

Sylvester AD, Kramer PA, Jungers WL. 2008. Humans are not (quite) isometric. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 137: 371-383.

Sylvester AD, Merkl BC, Mahfouz MR. 2008. Reconstructing the AL 288-1 femur using three-dimensional computer models. Journal of Human Evolution 55: 665-671.

Christensen AM, Sylvester AD. 2008. Physical matches in bones, shells and teeth: A validation study. Journal of Forensic Sciences 53: 694-698.

Sylvester AD, Kramer PA. 2008. Stand and Shuffle: When does it make energetic sense? American Journal of Physical Anthropology 135: 484-488.

Sylvester AD. 2006. Locomotor decoupling and the origin of hominin bipedalism. Journal of Theoretical Biology 242(3): 581-590.

Sylvester AD, Christensen AM, Kramer PA. 2006. Factors influencing osteological changes in the hands and fingers of recreational rock climbers. Journal of Anatomy 209: 597-609. [Cover article]

Published Abstracts and Conference Presentations

Ouchida M, Sylvester AD, Kramer PA. 2012. Using musculoskeletal simulations to model the cost of locomotion: the OpenSim experiment. Am J Phys Anthropol S54: 230.

Sylvester AD, D’Août K, Kramer PA. 2012. GRF moment arms about the knee in A.L. 288-1. Am J Phys Anthropol S54: 281.

Sylvester AD. 2012. Quantifying the ellipticalness of the lateral femoral condyle in Gorilla, Pan, and Homo. The FASEB J 26:723.9.

Campbell ML, Campbell RM, Auerbach BM, King KA, Sylvester AD. 2011.Survival is in the balance? Asymmetry in obstetric dimensions and mortality. Am J Phys Anthropol S52: 102.

Campbell RM, Campbell ML, Sylvester AD, Auerbach BM, King KA.Quantifying a twisted curve: 3D digitization of sciatic notch shape using a microscribe. Am J Phys Anthropol S52: 102.

Feeney RNM, Sylvester AD, Hublin JJ. 2011. Dental tissue allometry in modern human males and females. Am J Phys Anthropol S52: 134.

King KA, Auerbach BM, Sylvester AD, Campbell ML, Campbell RM. 2011. Death and the (narrow) maiden: pelvic dimensios, mortalit, and obstetric versus thermoregulation. Am J Phys Anthropol S52: 186.

Reeves NK, Sylvester AD, Auerbach BM. 2011. Behavioral laterality and skeletal directional asymmetry in cottontop tamarins. Am J Phys Anthropol S52: 251.

Sylvester AD, Auerbach BM. 2011. Obscuring limb allometry: The geometric mean and limb indices. Am J Phys Anthropol S52: 288.

Reeves N, Sylvester AD, Auerbach B. 2011. Patterns of asymmetry in primate long bone dimensions: a widespread pattern? The FASEB J 25:188.1.

Sylvester AD. Asymmetry in Saguinus oedipus limb bone dimension. Am J Phys Anthropol S50: 227.

Sylvester AD. 2010. Proximal tibia shape and locomotion. The FASEB J 24:171.1

Sylvester AD, Mahfouz MR. 2009. Quantifying relative shape variation in modern human femora and humeri. Accepted for the 2009 Meetings of the American Association of Anatomists in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Sylvester AD, Kramer PA. 2009. Predicting the metabolic energy consumption of human walking with mechanical energy calculations. Am J Phys Anthropol S48: 252.

Garofalo EM, Sylvester AD. 2009. A R program for automating bone cross-section reconstruction. Am J Phys Anthropol S48: 131-132.

Sylvester AD, Mahfouz MR. 2008. The effective mechanical advantage of the australopithecine knee. Am J Phys Anthropol S46: 203.

Kramer PA, Sylvester AD. 2008. Humans, geometric similarity and the Froude number: Is “reasonably close” really close enough? Am J Phys Anthropol S46: 134.

Hendrix RB, Sylvester AD. 2008. The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth – so help me Darwin: Legal decisions and evolution on the classroom. Am J Phys Anthropol S46: 115.

Sylvester AD, Merkl BC, Mahfouz MR. 2007. Reconstructing the AL 288-1 femur using three-dimensional computer models. Am J Phys Anthropol S44:228.

Merkl BC, Sylvester AD, Mahfouz MR. 2007. A three-dimensional shape comparison of AL129-1a and modern human distal femora. Am J Phys Anthropol S44:171.

Mendenall MC, Sylvester AD, Kramer PA. 2007. Walking energetics and leg length: Are modern humans geometrically similar? Am J Phys Anthropol S44:170.

Kramer PA, Mendenall MC, Sylvester AD. 2007. Geometric similarity in primates as assessed from long bone length. Am J Phys Anthropol S44:147.

Christensen AM, Sylvester AD. 2007. Physical Matches of Bone, Shell and Teeth. A validation study. Presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.

Moore MK, Sylvester AD, Merkl BC, Kuhn MJ, Mahfouz MR. 2006. Creating a statistical atlas of the femur from three-dimensional CT data. Am J Phys Anthropol S42: 134.

Sylvester AD. 2005. Decoupling the shoulders from above-substrate locomotion: a new idea for the origin of hominid bipedalism. Am J Phys Anthropol S40: 202.

Christensen AM, Sylvester AD, Kramer PA, Lubke GH. 2005. Factors influencing osteological changes in the hands of rock climbers. Am J Phys Anthropol S40: 88.

Sylvester AD. 2005. The Decoupling Hypothesis: A new idea for the origin of hominin bipedalism. Abstracts of the PaleoAnthropology Society 2005 Meetings: A25.

Sylvester AD. 2004. Geometric modeling of the center of gravity in Pan troglodytes. Am J Phys Anthropol S38: 192.

Sylvester AD. 2001. Surface area proportions, articular curvature, and the locomotor repertoire of AL 288-1. Am J Phys Anthropol S32: 146-147.

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