Daniel Oliver Schmitt | Scholars@Duke

Daniel Oliver Schmitt
Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology

My primary interest is in the evolution of primate locomotion. I am studying the mechanics of movement in primates and other vertebrates in the laboratory to understand the relationship between movement and postcranial morphology, and the unique nature of primates among mammals. Current projects include the origins of primate locomotion and the evolution of vertebrate bipedalism.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2017

Contact Information

203 Biological Sciences Buildi, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708
daniel.schmitt@duke.edu (919) 684-5664
http://evolutionaryanthropology.duke.edu/people?Gurl=%2Faas%2FBAA&Uil=daniel.schmitt&subpage=profile
http://evolutionaryanthropology.duke.edu/research/animal-locomotion-lab

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook 1995
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2004 - 2011
- Chair, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2009
- Chair, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Basic Science Departments, School of Medicine 2007 - 2009
- Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Basic Science Departments, School of Medicine 1997 - 2004
Recognition
In the News
- JUL 2, 2014 Science
  
  The amazing five-legged kangaroo
- MAR 30, 2014 Duke Research Blog
  
  Some Animals Move Through The Treetops With Help From A Stiff Back
- JAN 10, 2014 Duke Research Blog
  
  Blending Locomotion and Arthritis: An Interview with Daniel Schmitt
- NOV 13, 2013 Discovery News
  
  How many human body parts remain undiscovered?
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - Viet Nam (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Descent Locomotion Behavior in Primates awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2020
- Collaborative Research: Biomechanical Significance of Bone Material Variation in the Primate Locomotor Skeleton awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2019
- Ontogeny of Heel-strike in African Apes awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2019
- Effects of Aging and Nutrition on Gait Mechanics: Interpretations of Skeletal and Muscular Material awarded by Wenner Gren Foundation 2015 - 2018
- The Effects of Vibration on Mouse Behavior awarded by American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine 2015 - 2016
- Gait Mechanics of Inverted Walking: Implications for the Evolution of Suspensory Locomotion awarded by L.S.B. Leakey Foundation 2015
- Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: The Biomechanics of Vertical Clinging and Grasping in Primates awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2014
- Gait Mechanics in Primate and Nonprimate Quadrupeds awarded by National Science Foundation 2005 - 2010
- Biomechanics and Inflammation in Osteoarthritis awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2008
- Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: Vertical Climbing Efficiency in Primates awarded by National Science Foundation 2005 - 2006
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Mechanical Properties and Functional Morphology of Mammalian Footpads awarded by National Science Foundation 2002 - 2004
- Mechanics of Fine Branch Locomotion in Primates and Opossums awarded by National Science Foundation 1999 - 2002
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
  - Snyder, ML, and Schmitt, D. "Effects of aging on the biomechanics of Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli): Evidence of robustness to senescence." Experimental Gerontology 111 (October 1, 2018): 235-240. Full Text
  - Hughes-Oliver, CN, Srinivasan, D, Schmitt, D, and Queen, RM. "Gender and limb differences in temporal gait parameters and gait variability in ankle osteoarthritis." Gait & Posture 65 (September 2018): 228-233. Full Text
  - 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
  - Fabre, AC, Granatosky, MC, Hanna, JB, and Schmitt, D. "Do forelimb shape and peak forces co-vary in strepsirrhines?(Accepted)." American Journal of Physical Anthropology (January 1, 2018). Full Text
  - 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
  - Queen, RM, Franck, CT, Schmitt, D, and Adams, SB. "Are There Differences in Gait Mechanics in Patients With A Fixed Versus Mobile Bearing Total Ankle Arthroplasty? A Randomized Trial." Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 475, no. 10 (October 2017): 2599-2606. Full Text
  - Hanna, JB, Granatosky, MC, Rana, P, and Schmitt, D. "The evolution of vertical climbing in primates: evidence from reaction forces." The Journal of Experimental Biology 220, no. 17 (September 1, 2017): 3039-3052. Full Text
  - Granatosky, MC, and Schmitt, D. "Forelimb and hind limb loading patterns during below branch quadrupedal locomotion in the two-toed sloth." Journal of Zoology 302, no. 4 (August 2017): 271-278. Full Text
  - Fabre, A-C, Marigó, J, Granatosky, MC, and Schmitt, D. "Functional associations between support use and forelimb shape in strepsirrhines and their relevance to inferring locomotor behavior in early primates." Journal of Human Evolution 108 (July 2017): 11-30. Full Text
  - Gruss, LT, Gruss, R, and Schmitt, D. "Pelvic Breadth and Locomotor Kinematics in Human Evolution." Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) 300, no. 4 (April 2017): 739-751. Full Text
  - Larsen, RJ, Jackson, WH, and Schmitt, D. "Mechanisms for regulating step length while running towards and over an obstacle." Human movement science 49 (October 2016): 186-195. 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
  - Queen, RM, Sparling, TL, and Schmitt, D. "Hip, Knee, and Ankle Osteoarthritis Negatively Affects Mechanical Energy Exchange." Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 474, no. 9 (September 2016): 2055-2063. Full Text
  - Granatosky, MC, Tripp, CH, Fabre, A-C, and Schmitt, D. "Patterns of quadrupedal locomotion in a vertical clinging and leaping primate (Propithecus coquereli) with implications for understanding the functional demands of primate quadrupedal locomotion." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 160, no. 4 (August 2016): 644-652. Full Text
  - Granatosky, MC, Tripp, CH, and Schmitt, D. "Gait kinetics of above- and below-branch quadrupedal locomotion in lemurid primates." The Journal of Experimental Biology 219, no. Pt 1 (January 2016): 53-63. Full Text
  - Johnson, LE, Hanna, J, and Schmitt, D. "Single-limb force data for two lemur species while vertically clinging." American journal of physical anthropology 158, no. 3 (November 2015): 463-474. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D, Vap, A, and Queen, RM. "Effect of end-stage hip, knee, and ankle osteoarthritis on walking mechanics." Gait & Posture 42, no. 3 (September 2015): 373-379. Full Text
  - Hanna, JB, Schmitt, D, Wright, K, Eshchar, Y, Visalberghi, E, and Fragaszy, D. "Kinetics of bipedal locomotion during load carrying in capuchin monkeys." Journal of human evolution 85 (August 2015): 149-156. Full Text
  - Hanna, JB, Schmitt, D, Wright, K, Eshchar, Y, Visalberghi, E, and Fragaszy, D. "Kinetics of bipedal locomotion during load carrying in capuchin monkeys." Journal of Human Evolution 85 (August 2015): 149-156. Full Text
  - Rabey, KN, Li, Y, Norton, JN, Reynolds, RP, and Schmitt, D. "Vibrating Frequency Thresholds in Mice and Rats: Implications for the Effects of Vibrations on Animal Health." Annals of biomedical engineering 43, no. 8 (August 2015): 1957-1964. Full Text
  - Li, Y, Rabey, KN, Schmitt, D, Norton, JN, and Reynolds, RP. "Characteristics of Vibration that Alter Cardiovascular Parameters in Mice." Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS 54, no. 4 (July 2015): 372-377.
  - Gruss, LT, and Schmitt, D. "The evolution of the human pelvis: changing adaptations to bipedalism, obstetrics and thermoregulation." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 370, no. 1663 (March 2015): 20140063-null. (Review) Full Text
  - Griffin, NL, Miller, CE, Schmitt, D, and D'Août, K. "Understanding the evolution of the windlass mechanism of the human foot from comparative anatomy: Insights, obstacles, and future directions." American journal of physical anthropology 156, no. 1 (January 2015): 1-10. Full Text
  - Wunderlich, RE, Tongen, A, Gardiner, J, Miller, CE, and Schmitt, D. "Dynamics of locomotor transitions from arboreal to terrestrial substrates in Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)." Integrative and comparative biology 54, no. 6 (December 2014): 1148-1158. Full Text
  - Granatosky, MC, Miller, CE, Boyer, DM, and Schmitt, D. "Lumbar vertebral morphology of flying, gliding, and suspensory mammals: implications for the locomotor behavior of the subfossil lemurs Palaeopropithecus and Babakotia." Journal of human evolution 75 (October 2014): 40-52. Full Text
  - Sparling, TL, Schmitt, D, Miller, CE, Guilak, F, Somers, TJ, Keefe, FJ, and Queen, RM. "Energy recovery in individuals with knee osteoarthritis." Osteoarthritis and cartilage 22, no. 6 (June 2014): 747-755. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Granatosky, MC, Lemelin, P, Chester, SGB, Pampush, JD, and Schmitt, D. "Functional and evolutionary aspects of axial stability in euarchontans and other mammals." Journal of Morphology 275, no. 3 (2014): 313-327. Full Text
  - McNeill, JN, Wu, C-L, Rabey, KN, Schmitt, D, and Guilak, F. "Life-long caloric restriction does not alter the severity of age-related osteoarthritis." Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) 36, no. 4 (January 2014): 9669-. Full Text
  - Sparling, TL, Schmitt, D, Miller, CE, Guilak, F, Somers, TJ, Keefe, FJ, and Queen, RM. "Energy recovery in individuals with knee osteoarthritis." Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 22, no. 6 (January 1, 2014): 747-755. Full Text
  - Granatosky, MC, Lemelin, P, Chester, SGB, Pampush, JD, and Schmitt, D. "Functional and evolutionary aspects of axial stability in euarchontans and other mammals." Journal of Morphology (2013). Full Text
  - Griffin, NL, Miller, C, Schmitt, D, and D'Août, K. "An investigation of the dynamic relationship between navicular drop and first metatarsophalangeal joint dorsal excursion." Journal of Anatomy (2013). Full Text
  - Griffin, NL, Miller, C, Schmitt, D, and D'Août, K. "An investigation of the dynamic relationship between navicular drop and first metatarsophalangeal joint dorsal excursion." Journal of Anatomy 222, no. 6 (2013): 598-607. Full Text
  - O'Neill, MC, and Schmitt, D. "The gaits of primates: center of mass mechanics in walking, cantering and galloping ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta." Journal of Experimental Biology 215, no. 11 (June 1, 2012): 1994-1994. Full Text
  - Somers, TJ, Blumenthal, JA, Guilak, F, Kraus, VB, Schmitt, DO, Babyak, MA, Craighead, LW, Caldwell, DS, Rice, JR, McKee, DC, Shelby, RA, Campbell, LC, Pells, JJ, Sims, EL, Queen, R, Carson, JW, Connelly, M, Dixon, KE, Lacaille, LJ, Huebner, JL, Rejeski, WJ, and Keefe, FJ. "Pain coping skills training and lifestyle behavioral weight management in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled study." Pain 153, no. 6 (June 2012): 1199-1209. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Neill, MC, and Schmitt, D. "The gaits of primates: center of mass mechanics in walking, cantering and galloping ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta." The Journal of Experimental Biology 215, no. Pt 10 (May 2012): 1728-1739. Full Text
  - Allen, KD, Mata, BA, Gabr, MA, Huebner, JL, Adams, SB, Kraus, VB, Schmitt, DO, and Setton, LA. "Kinematic and dynamic gait compensations resulting from knee instability in a rat model of osteoarthritis." Arthritis Research & Therapy 14, no. 2 (April 17, 2012): R78-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Workman, C, and Schmitt, D. "Positional Behavior of Delacour's Langurs (Trachypithecus delacouri) in Northern Vietnam." International Journal of Primatology 33, no. 1 (2012): 19-37. Full Text
  - Workman, C, and Schmitt, D. "Erratum to: Positional Behavior of Delacour's Langurs (Trachypithecus delacouri) in Northern Vietnam (Int J Primatol, 10.1007/s10764-011-9547-2)." International Journal of Primatology 33, no. 1 (2012): 38-39. Full Text
  - Allen, KD, Shamji, MF, Mata, BA, Gabr, MA, Sinclair, SM, Schmitt, DO, Richardson, WJ, and Setton, LA. "Kinematic and dynamic gait compensations in a rat model of lumbar radiculopathy and the effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonism. (Published online)" Arthritis Res Ther 13, no. 4 (August 26, 2011): R137-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hanna, JB, and Schmitt, D. "Locomotor energetics in primates: Gait mechanics and their relationship to the energetics of vertical and horizontal locomotion." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145, no. 1 (2011): 43-54. Full Text
  - Hanna, JB, and Schmitt, D. "Comparative Triceps Surae Morphology in Primates: A Review." Anatomy Research International 2011 (2011). (Academic Article) Full Text Link to Item
  - Hanna, JB, and Schmitt, D. "Interpreting the Role of Climbing in Primate Locomotor Evolution: Are the Biomechanics of Climbing Influenced by Habitual Substrate Use and Anatomy?." International Journal of Primatology 32, no. 2 (2011): 430-444. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D. "Primate Locomotor Evolution: Biomechanical Studies of Primate Locomotion and Their Implications for Understanding Primate Neuroethology." (February 1, 2010). (Chapter) Full Text
  - Kivell, TL, Schmitt, D, and Wunderlich, RE. "Hand and foot pressures in the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) reveal novel biomechanical trade-offs required for walking on gracile digits." Journal of Experimental Biology 213, no. 9 (2010): 1549-1557. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Schmitt, D, Gruss, LT, and Lemelin, P. "Brief communication: Forelimb compliance in arboreal and terrestrial opossums." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 141, no. 1 (2010): 142-146. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D, Zumwalt, AC, and Hamrick, MW. "The relationship between bone mechanical properties and ground reaction forces in normal and hypermuscular mice." Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology 313 A, no. 6 (2010): 339-351. Full Text
  - Sims, EL, Keefe, FJ, Kraus, VB, Guilak, F, Queen, RM, and Schmitt, D. "Racial differences in gait mechanics associated with knee osteoarthritis." Aging Clin Exp Res 21, no. 6 (December 2009): 463-469. Link to Item
  - Nebel, MB, Sims, EL, Keefe, FJ, Kraus, VB, Guilak, F, Caldwell, DS, Pells, JJ, Queen, R, and Schmitt, D. "The relationship of self-reported pain and functional impairment to gait mechanics in overweight and obese persons with knee osteoarthritis." Arch Phys Med Rehabil 90, no. 11 (November 2009): 1874-1879. Full Text Link to Item
  - Somers, TJ, Keefe, FJ, Pells, JJ, Dixon, KE, Waters, SJ, Riordan, PA, Blumenthal, JA, McKee, DC, LaCaille, L, Tucker, JM, Schmitt, D, Caldwell, DS, Kraus, VB, Sims, EL, Shelby, RA, and Rice, JR. "Pain catastrophizing and pain-related fear in osteoarthritis patients: relationships to pain and disability." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 37, no. 5 (May 2009): 863-872. Full Text
  - Kivell, TL, and Schmitt, D. "Independent evolution of knuckle-walking in African apes shows that humans did not evolve from a knuckle-walking ancestor." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, no. 34 (2009): 14241-14246. Full Text
  - Sims, EL, Carland, JM, Keefe, FJ, Kraus, VB, Guilak, F, and Schmitt, D. "Sex differences in biomechanics associated with knee osteoarthritis." Journal of Women & Aging 21, no. 3 (January 2009): 159-170. Full Text
  - Pells, JJ, Shelby, RA, Keefe, FJ, Dixon, KE, Blumenthal, JA, Lacaille, L, Tucker, JM, Schmitt, D, Caldwell, DS, and Kraus, VB. "Arthritis self-efficacy and self-efficacy for resisting eating: relationships to pain, disability, and eating behavior in overweight and obese individuals with osteoarthritic knee pain." Pain 136, no. 3 (June 2008): 340-347. Full Text
  - Bishop, KL, Pai, AK, and Schmitt, D. "Whole body mechanics of stealthy walking in cats." PLoS ONE 3, no. 11 (2008). Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Hanna, JB, Schmitt, D, and Griffin, TM. "The energetic cost of climbing in primates." Science 320, no. 5878 (2008): 898--. Full Text
  - Cartmill, M, Lemelin, P, and Schmitt, D. "Primate gaits and primate origins." (December 1, 2007): 403-435. (Chapter) Full Text
  - Lemelin, P, and Schmitt, D. "Origins of grasping and locomotor adaptations in primates: Comparative and experimental approaches using an opossum model." (December 1, 2007): 329-380. (Chapter) Full Text
  - Hutchinson, D, Ho, V, Dodd, M, Dawson, HN, Zumwalt, AC, Schmitt, D, and Colton, CA. "Quantitative measurement of postural sway in mouse models of human neurodegenerative disease." Neuroscience 148, no. 4 (September 2007): 825-832. Full Text
  - Cartmill, M, Lemelin, P, and Schmitt, D. "Understanding the adaptive value of diagonal-sequence gaits in primates: a comment on Shapiro and Raichlen, 2005." Am J Phys Anthropol 133, no. 2 (June 2007): 822-825. Full Text Link to Item
  - Schmitt, D, Cartmill, M, Griffin, TM, Hanna, JB, and Lemelin, P. "Adaptive value of ambling gaits in primates and other mammals." The Journal of Experimental Biology 209, no. Pt 11 (June 2006): 2042-2049. Full Text
  - Hanna, JB, Polk, JD, and Schmitt, D. "Forelimb and hindlimb forces in walking and galloping primates." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 130, no. 4 (2006): 529-535. Full Text
  - Stevens, NJ, Schmitt, DO, III, TMC, and Chan, L-K. "Technical note: Out-of-plane angular correction based on a trigonometric function for use in two-dimensional kinematic studies." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 129, no. 3 (2006): 399-402. Full Text
  - Zumwalt, AC, Hamrick, M, and Schmitt, D. "Force plate for measuring the ground reaction forces in small animal locomotion." Journal of Biomechanics 39, no. 15 (January 2006): 2877-2881. Full Text
  - Chi, K-J, and Schmitt, D. "Mechanical energy and effective foot mass during impact loading of walking and running." Journal of Biomechanics 38, no. 7 (2005): 1387-1395. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D, Rose, MD, Turnquist, JE, and Lemelin, P. "Role of the prehensile tail during ateline locomotion: Experiment and osteological evidence." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 126, no. 4 (2005): 435-446. Full Text
  - Kay, RF, Schmitt, D, Vinyard, CJ, Perry, JMG, Shigehara, N, Takai, M, and Egi, N. "The paleobiology of Amphipithecidae, South Asian late Eocene primates." J Hum Evol 46, no. 1 (January 2004): 3-25. Link to Item
  - Lemelin, P, and Schmitt, D. "easonal variation in body mass and locomotor dynamics of the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius)." Journal of Morphology 260 (2004): 65-71. (Academic Article)
  - Lemelin, P, and Schmitt, D. "Seasonal variation in body mass and locomotor kinetics of the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius)." Journal of Morphology 260, no. 1 (2004): 65-71. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D, and Hanna, J. "Substrate alters forelimb to hindlimb peak force ratios on primates." Journal of Human Evolution 46 (2004): 237-252. (Academic Article)
  - Schmitt, D, and Hanna, JB. "Substrate alters forelimb to hindlimb peak force ratios in primates." Journal of Human Evolution 46, no. 3 (2004): 239-254.
  - Schmitt, D, and Lemelin, P. "Locomotor mechanics of the slender loris." Journal of Human Evolution 47 (2004): 85-94. (Academic Article)
  - Schmitt, D, and Lemelin, P. "Locomotor mechanics of the slender loris (Loris tardigradus)." Journal of Human Evolution 47, no. 1-2 (2004): 85-94. Full Text
  - Vinyard, CJ, and Schmitt, D. "New technique for studying reaction forces during primate behaviors on vertical substrates." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 125, no. 4 (2004): 343-351. Full Text
  - Lemelin, P, Schmitt, D, and Cartmill, M. "Footfall patterns and interlimb co-ordination in opossums (Family Didelphidae): Evidence for the evolution of diagonal-sequence walking gaits in primates." Journal of Zoology 260, no. 4 (2003): 423-429. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D, Churchill, SE, and Hylander, WL. "Experimental Evidence Concerning Spear Use in Neandertals and Early Modern Humans." Journal of Archaeological Science 30, no. 1 (January 2003): 103-114. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D. "Substrate Size Primate Forelimb Mechanics: Implications for Understanding the Evolution of Primate Locomotion." International Journal of Primatology 24, no. 5 (2003): 1023-1036. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D. "Insights into the evolution of human bipedalism from experimental studies of humans and other primates." Journal of Experimental Biology 206, no. 9 (2003): 1437-1448. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D. "Evolutionary implications of the unusual walking mechanics of the common marmoset (C. jacchus)." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 122, no. 1 (2003): 28-37. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D. "Mediolateral reaction forces and forelimb anatomy in quadrupedal primates: Implications for interpreting locomotor behavior in fossil primates." Journal of Human Evolution 44, no. 1 (2003): 47-58. Full Text
  - Cartmill, M, Lemelin, P, and Schmitt, D. "Support polygons and symmetrical gaits in mammals." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136, no. 3 (2002): 401-420. Full Text
  - Krakauer, E, Lemelin, P, and Schmitt, D. "Hand and body position during locomotor behavior in the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)." American Journal of Primatology 57, no. 3 (2002): 105-118. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D, Churchill, SE, and Hylander, WL. "Experimental evidence concerning spear use in Neandertals and early modern humans." Journal of Archaeological Sciences 30 (2002): 101-112. (Academic Article)
  - Schmitt, D, and Lemelin, P. "Origins of primate locomotion: Gait mechanics of the woolly opossum." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 118, no. 3 (2002): 231-238. Full Text
  - Larson, SG, Schmitt, D, Lemelin, P, and Hamrick, M. "Limb excursion during quadrupedal walking: How do primates compare to other mammals?." Journal of Zoology 255, no. 3 (2001): 353-365. Full Text
  - Larson, SG, Schmitt, D, Lemelin, P, and Hamrick, M. "Uniqueness of primate forelimb posture during quadrupedal locomotion." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 112, no. 1 (May 2000): 87-101. Full Text
  - Larson, SG, Schmitt, D, Lemelin, P, and Hamrick, M. "Uniqueness of primate forelimb posture during quadrupedal locomotion." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 112, no. 1 (2000): 87-101. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D. "Compliant walking in primates." Journal of Zoology 248, no. 2 (June 1999): 149-160. Full Text
  - Turnquist, JE, Schmitt, D, Rose, MD, and Cant, JG. "Pendular motion in the brachiation of captive Lagothrix and Ateles." American Journal of Primatology 48, no. 4 (January 1999): 263-281. Full Text
  - Hamrick, MW, Churchill, SE, Schmitt, D, and Hylander, WL. "EMG of the human flexor pollicis longus muscle: implications for the evolution of hominid tool use." Journal of Human Evolution 34, no. 2 (February 1998): 123-136. Full Text
  - Lemelin, P, and Schmitt, D. "The relation between hand morphology and quadrupedalism in primates." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 105, no. 2 (February 1998): 185-197. Full Text
  - Lemelin, P, and Schmitt, D. "The relation between hand morphology and quadrupedalism in primates." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 105, no. 2 (1998): 185-197. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D. "Humeral Head Shape as an Indicator of Locomotor Behavior in Extant Strepsirhines and Eocene Adapids." Folia Primatologica 67, no. 3 (1997): 137-151.
  - Schmitt, D. "Humeral head shape as an indicator of locomotor behavior in extant strepsirhines and Eocene adapids." Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology 67, no. 3 (1996): 137-151.
  - Schmitt, D, and Larson, SG. "Heel contact as a function of substrate type and speed in primates." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 96, no. 1 (1995): 39-50. Full Text
  - Demes, B, Larson, S, Stern, J, Jungers, W, Biknevicius, A, and Schmitt, D. "The kinetics of primate quadrupedalism: "hindlimb drive" reconsidered." Journal of Human Evolution 26, no. 5-6 (May 1994): 353-374. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D, Larson, SG, and Stern, JT. "Serratus ventralis function in vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops): are primate quadrupeds unique?." Journal of Zoology 232, no. 2 (February 1994): 215-230. Full Text
  - Schmitt, D. "Forelimb mechanics as a function of substrate type during quadrupedalism in two anthropoid primates." Journal of Human Evolution 26, no. 5-6 (1994): 441-457. Full Text
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