Angel Zeininger | Scholars@Duke

Angel Zeininger
Lecturning Fellow, Senior of Evolutionary Anthropology

My primary areas of interest are the ontogeny of locomotion, trabecular bone remodeling, and the evolution and functional morphology of the hands and feet. I am interested in how forces incurred during locomotion influence the microarchitecture of trabecular bone. In particular, my research aims to 1) determine the magnitude and direction of forces that travel through bones during locomotion, 2) use advanced imaging techniques to identify evidence of ground reaction, muscle, and joint reaction forces as preserved in trabecular bone patterning, and 3) apply this method to the study of fossil hominins as an innovative way of reconstructing locomotor behavior in extinct species.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Lecturning Fellow, Senior of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016

Contact Information

angel.zeininger@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin 2013
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - United Kingdom (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Ontogeny of Heel-strike in African Apes awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2019
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Book Sections
  - Schmitt, D, Zeininger, A, and Granatosky, M. "Patterns, variability, and flexibility of hand posture during locomotion in primates." In The Evolution of the Primate Hand Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence, edited by T Kivell, P Lemelin, B Richmond, and D Schmitt, 345-369. New York: Springer, August 10, 2016. (Chapter) Link to Item
- Conference Papers
  - Schmitt, D, Zeininger, A, Lemelin, P, Miller, CE, Granatosky, MC, Hanna, JB, Wunderlich, RE, Kivell, TL, Rose, MD, and Turnquist, JE. "Digit clearance patterns in primates vary by limb and substrate reflecting different strategies between arboreal and terrestrial locomotion." 87th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA). Austin, TX. April 11, 2018 - April 14, 2018.: WILEY, April 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A, Schmitt, D, Rose, MD, and Turnquist, JE. "Center of mass movements and energy recovery during arm-swinging in atelines." 87th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA). Austin, TX. April 11, 2018 - April 14, 2018.: WILEY, April 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Grider-Potter, N, and Zeininger, A. "Head stability and neck function during locomotion in Varecia variegata." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB). San Francisco, CA. January 3, 2018 - January 7, 2018.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, March 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Fitzsimons, AZ, Granatosky, MC, Queen, RM, Lemelin, P, Zeininger, A, Chapman, H, and Schmitt, D. "Gait Asymmetry in Humans and Other Animals: How much is Normal and Why Does it Exist?." 86th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA). New Orleans, LA. April 19, 2017 - April 22, 2017.: WILEY, April 1, 2017. Link to Item
  - Grider-Potter, N, and Zeininger, A. "Locomotor mode and kinematics of the head, neck, and trunk in Varecia variegata." 86th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA). New Orleans, LA. April 19, 2017 - April 22, 2017.: WILEY, April 1, 2017. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A, Granatosky, MC, and Schmitt, D. "Highly Protracted Hindlimbs and a Forward Foot Placement Increase Stability when Walking on Arboreal Substrates." 86th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA). New Orleans, LA. April 19, 2017 - April 22, 2017.: WILEY, April 1, 2017. Link to Item
  - Granatosky, MC, Zeininger, A, and Schmitt, D. "Functional differentiation of the propulsive and braking roles of the forelimbs and hindlimbs during quadrupedal locomotion." March 2016. Link to Item
  - Schmitt, D, Zeininger, A, Hamrick, E, Snyder, ML, Kivell, TL, and Wunderlich, RE. "Gorilla limb kinematics and hominoid locomotor diversity: Implications for hominin locomotor evolution." March 2016. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A. "A comparative, ontogenetic approach to trabecular architecture with implications for inferring foot function in fossil hominins." March 2016. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A, and Carlson, KJ. "Trabecular morphology at the talocalcaneal and calcaneocuboid joints in StW 352 (Australopithecus africanus)." March 2015. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A, Schmitt, D, and Wunderlich, R. "Developmental timing of heel-strike plantigrady in chimpanzees and gorillas." March 2014. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A. "Ontogeny of bipedalism: Changes in the location and direction of the ground reaction force in toddlers." 2013. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A. "Comparative first metatarsal head trabecular bone ontogeny in African apes and humans." 2012. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A. "An ontogenetic assessment of trabecular architecture at the human talocalcaneal joint." 2011. Link to Item
  - Chirchir, H, Richmond, BG, Griffin, NL, Nakatsukasa, M, Zeininger, A, and Ketcham, RA. "Hand biomechanics and trabecular architecture in hominoid metacarpals." 2010. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A, and Ryan, TM. "First steps: Trabecular morphology of the juvenile calcaneus." 2010. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A, Shapiro, LJ, and Raichlen, DA. "The effects of digitigrade cheiridial postures on speed and gait in infant baboons." 2009. Link to Item
  - Shapiro, LJ, Zeininger, A, and VandeBerg, JL. "The influence of body size and substrate size on quadrupedalism in Monodelphis domestica." 2008. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A. "The influence of foot posture on effective mechanical advantage at the knee and ankle during human bipedalism." 2008. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A, Shapiro, LJ, and Raichlen, DA. "Ontogeny of digitigrade hand and foot postures in infant baboons (Papio cynocephalus)." 2007. Link to Item
  - Zeininger, A, Hartman, G, and Richmond, BG. "Metacarpal head biomechanics: a comparative backscattered electron image analysis of trabecular bone mineral density in Pan troglodytes and Homo sapiens." 2005. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Granatosky, MC, Fitzsimons, A, Zeininger, A, and Schmitt, D. "Mechanisms for the functional differentiation of the propulsive and braking roles of the forelimbs and hindlimbs during quadrupedal walking in primates and felines." The Journal of Experimental Biology 221, no. Pt 2 (January 22, 2018). Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Zeininger, A, Schmitt, D, Jensen, JL, and Shapiro, LJ. "Ontogenetic changes in foot strike pattern and calcaneal loading during walking in young children." Gait & Posture 59 (January 2018): 18-22. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Chirchir, H, Zeininger, A, Nakatsukasa, M, Ketcham, RA, and Richmond, BG. "Does trabecular bone structure within the metacarpal heads of primates vary with hand posture?." Comptes Rendus Palevol 16, no. 5-6 (August 2017): 533-544. Full Text
  - Zeininger, A, Shapiro, LJ, and Raichlen, DA. "Ontogenetic changes in limb postures and their impact on effective limb length in baboons (Papio cynocephalus)." American journal of physical anthropology 163, no. 2 (June 2017): 231-241. Full Text
  - Burgess, ML, Schmitt, D, Zeininger, A, McFarlin, SC, Zihlman, AL, Polk, JD, and Ruff, CB. "Ontogenetic scaling of fore limb and hind limb joint posture and limb bone cross-sectional geometry in vervets and baboons." American journal of physical anthropology 161, no. 1 (September 2016): 72-83. Full Text
  - Zeininger, A, Patel, BA, Zipfel, B, and Carlson, KJ. "Trabecular architecture in the StW 352 fossil hominin calcaneus." Journal of Human Evolution 97 (August 2016): 145-158. Full Text
  - Zeininger, A, Richmond, BG, and 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, no. 6 (June 2011): 703-710. Full Text
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- EVANTH 393: Research Independent Study 2018
- EVANTH 495S: Advanced Research in Evolutionary Anthropology 2017

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Global Scholarship

Research

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Book Sections

Conference Papers

Journal Articles

Recent Courses