Peer reviewed publications:
In submission. Thompson NE, #Rubinstein D, Larson SG. Great ape thorax and shoulder configuration—an adaption for arboreality or knuckle-walking? Submitted to the Journal of Human Evolution.
In submission. O’Neill MC, Demes B, Thompson NE, Umberger BR. Three-dimensional kinematics and the origin of the human walking stride. Submitted to the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
In Revision. Thompson NE, Demes B, Holowka, NB, O’Neill MC. Step Width and Frontal Plane Trunk Motion in Bipedal Chimpanzee and Human Walking. Journal of Human Evolution.
Thompson NE, Ostrofsky KR, McFarlin SC, Robbins MM, Stoinski TA, Almécija, S. 2018. Unexpected terrestrial hand posture diversity in wild mountain gorillas. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 10.1002/ajpa.23404
Thompson NE, Almécija, S. 2017 The evolution of vertebral formulae in Hominoidea. Journal of Human Evolution. 110: 18–36. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.05.012
Holowka NB, O’Neill MC, Thompson NE, Demes B. 2017. Chimpanzee ankle and foot joint kinematics: Arboreal versus terrestrial locomotion. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 164(1):131–147. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23262
Holowka NB, O’Neill MC, Thompson NE, Demes B. 2017. Chimpanzee and human midfoot motion during bipedal walking and the evolution of the longitudinal arch of the foot. Journal of Human Evolution. 104:23-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.12.002
Thompson NE, Demes B, O’Neill MC, Holowka NB, Larson SG. 2015. Surprising trunk rotational capabilities in chimpanzees and implications for bipedal walking proficiency in early hominins. Nature Communications. 6:8416. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9416
O’Neill MC, Lee LF, Demes B, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr., Umberger BR. 2015. Three-dimensional kinematics of the pelvis and hind limbs in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and human bipedal walking. Journal of Human Evolution 86: 32–42. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.05.012
Demes B, Thompson NE, O’Neill MC, Umberger BR. 2015. Center of mass mechanics of chimpanzee bipedal walking. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 156(3): 422–433. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22667
Thompson NE, Holowka NB, O’Neill MC, Larson SG. 2014. Brief communication: Cineradiographic analysis of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 154(4): 604–608. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22529
Patel BA, Horner AM, Thompson NE, Barrett L, Henzi SP. 2013. Ontogenetic scaling of fore- and hindlimb posture in wild Chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus). PLoS ONE 8(7): e71020. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071020
In submission. O’Neill MC, Demes B, Thompson NE, Umberger BR. Three-dimensional kinematics and the origin of the human walking stride. Submitted to the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
In Revision. Thompson NE, Demes B, Holowka, NB, O’Neill MC. Step Width and Frontal Plane Trunk Motion in Bipedal Chimpanzee and Human Walking. Journal of Human Evolution.
Thompson NE, Ostrofsky KR, McFarlin SC, Robbins MM, Stoinski TA, Almécija, S. 2018. Unexpected terrestrial hand posture diversity in wild mountain gorillas. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 10.1002/ajpa.23404
Thompson NE, Almécija, S. 2017 The evolution of vertebral formulae in Hominoidea. Journal of Human Evolution. 110: 18–36. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.05.012
Holowka NB, O’Neill MC, Thompson NE, Demes B. 2017. Chimpanzee ankle and foot joint kinematics: Arboreal versus terrestrial locomotion. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 164(1):131–147. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23262
Holowka NB, O’Neill MC, Thompson NE, Demes B. 2017. Chimpanzee and human midfoot motion during bipedal walking and the evolution of the longitudinal arch of the foot. Journal of Human Evolution. 104:23-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.12.002
Thompson NE, Demes B, O’Neill MC, Holowka NB, Larson SG. 2015. Surprising trunk rotational capabilities in chimpanzees and implications for bipedal walking proficiency in early hominins. Nature Communications. 6:8416. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9416
O’Neill MC, Lee LF, Demes B, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr., Umberger BR. 2015. Three-dimensional kinematics of the pelvis and hind limbs in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and human bipedal walking. Journal of Human Evolution 86: 32–42. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.05.012
Demes B, Thompson NE, O’Neill MC, Umberger BR. 2015. Center of mass mechanics of chimpanzee bipedal walking. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 156(3): 422–433. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22667
Thompson NE, Holowka NB, O’Neill MC, Larson SG. 2014. Brief communication: Cineradiographic analysis of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 154(4): 604–608. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22529
Patel BA, Horner AM, Thompson NE, Barrett L, Henzi SP. 2013. Ontogenetic scaling of fore- and hindlimb posture in wild Chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus). PLoS ONE 8(7): e71020. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071020
Non-peer reviewed publications:
Perlman RF, de Vries D, Jacobs RL, Holowka NB, Pain EL, Thompson NE, Guevara EE. 2015. The gateway to anthropology in St. Louis. Evolutionary Anthropology 24(3): 101–103. doi: 10.1002/evan.21450
Thompson NE, Cassalett S, Holowka NB, Perlman RF, Mongle C. 2014. Anthropology stampede in Calgary. Evolutionary Anthropology 23(3): 85–87. doi: 10.1002/evan.21415
Thompson NE. Anthropology in comparative biology. 2014. Evolutionary Anthropology 23(2): 49. doi: 10.1002/evan.21406
Maiolino SA, Pain E, Perlman R, Nesbitt A, Thompson NE. 2013. Chasing monkeys and finding fossils under the sunsphere. Evolutionary Anthropology 22(4): 161–163. doi: 10.1002/evan.21363
Thompson NE, Cassalett S, Holowka NB, Perlman RF, Mongle C. 2014. Anthropology stampede in Calgary. Evolutionary Anthropology 23(3): 85–87. doi: 10.1002/evan.21415
Thompson NE. Anthropology in comparative biology. 2014. Evolutionary Anthropology 23(2): 49. doi: 10.1002/evan.21406
Maiolino SA, Pain E, Perlman R, Nesbitt A, Thompson NE. 2013. Chasing monkeys and finding fossils under the sunsphere. Evolutionary Anthropology 22(4): 161–163. doi: 10.1002/evan.21363
Conference presentations and associated abstracts:
(* denotes invited symposium; # denotes student author)
McNutt E, Kilham B, Casana J, Hatala KG, Hill AC, Johnson C, Kilham P, Reader C, Thompson NE, DeSilva J. 2018. Reassessing the ursid hypothesis for the Laetoli “A” bipedal trackway. Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropological Society. Austin, TX. April 2018.
*Thompson NE, #Ostrofsky KR, McFarlin SC, Robbins MM, #Rubinstein D, Almécija, S. 2018. Preliminary 3-D kinematic data of wild Mountain Gorilla terrestrial locomotion: using lab-based methods in ape environments. The American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. April 2018.
#Koll N, #Ahmed L, Thompson NE. 2018. Digitizing the Nissen/ Riesen Chimpanzee Longitudinal Radiographic Series. The American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. April 2018.
#Rubinstein D, Larson SG, Thompson NE. 2018. Great ape thorax and shoulder – adapted for arboreality or knuckle-walking? The American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. April 2018.
#Ostrofsky KR, Thompson NE, McFarlin SC, Robbins MM, Stoinski TS, Almécija, S. 2018. Capturing 3-D locomotor kinematics in wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). The American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. April 2018.
*Holowka NB, Hatala KG, Demes B., Thompson NE, Wunderlich RE. 2018. Chimpanzee plantar pressure distributions and the origins of bipedal plantigrady. The American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. April 2018.
*Thompson NE, O’Neill MC, Demes B. 2017. Pelvic height, lumbar entrapment, and their effects on upper body stability during bipedalism. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 162(S64): 381.
*O’Neill MC, Ogihara N, Nakatsukasa M, Demes B, Thompson NE, Umberger BR. 2017. Pelvis shape, lumbar column length and the origin of the human walking stride. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 162(S64): 305.
Thompson NE, Demes B, #Ostrofsky KR, McFarlin SC, Robbins MM, Stoinski TS, Almécija S. 2017. Biomechanics of knuckle-walking in African apes. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. January 2017.
Holowka NB, Bhandal V, Lam O, Thompson NE, Demes B. 2017. Chimpanzee impact forces during walking and implications for the evolution of bipedalism. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. January 2017.
*Thompson NE, Demes B, O’Neill MC. 2016. Frontal plane trunk mechanics in humans and chimpanzees, and implications for the bipedal gait of the last common ancestor. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159(S62): 314.
Sumner BJ, Thompson NE, Demes B, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr. 2016. Arm swing in bipedally walking chimpanzees. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159(S62): 307–308.
*Thompson NE, Demes B, O’Neill MC. Three dimensional trunk kinematics of humans and chimpanzees: New insights on early hominin bipedalism. The American Association of Anatomists Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. April 2016.
Sumner BJ, Larson SG, Demes B, Thompson NE, Stern JT Jr. 2016. Arm swing in bipedally walking chimpanzees. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. January 2016.
Thompson NE, Demes B, O’Neill MC, Holowka NB, #Li J. 2015. The effects of trunk morphology on bipedal locomotion in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156(S60): 304–305.
Demes B, Thompson NE, O’Neill MC, Umberger BR. 2015. Chimpanzee bipedal gait mechanics and early hominin gait evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156(S60): 119.
Holowka NB, Demes B, O’Neill MC, Thompson NE. 2015. Chimpanzee foot and ankle joint motion during vertical climbing. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156(S60): 168.
*Thompson NE, O’Neill MC, Demes B. 2014 Three-dimensional head kinematics during terrestrial locomotion in humans and chimpanzees. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. January 2014.
*Demes B, O’Neill MC, Thompson NE. 2014. Chimpanzee bipedal gait mechanics and early hominin gait evolution. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. January 2014.
*O’Neill MC, Lee LF, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr., Demes B, Thompson NE, Umberger BR. 2014. Individual muscle function in chimpanzee bipedalism II: Musculoskeletal model predictions based on static optimization. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 153(S58): 199.
Lee LF, O’Neill MC, Demes B, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr, Umberger BR. 2013. The mechanics of economical walking: insights from chimpanzee and human bipedalism. American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting. Omaha, NE. September 2013.
Thompson NE, O’Neill MC, Demes B, Larson SG. 2013. Three-dimensional head kinematics in chimpanzees and humans: implications for the study of semicircular canal morphology. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150(S56):272.
O’Neill MC, Lee LF, Demes B, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr, Umberger BR. 2013. The effects of musculoskeletal structure on joint mechanics in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) bipedal walking. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150(S56): 210.
Umberger BR, O’Neill MC, Demes B, Lee LF, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr. 2013. Differences in the mechanics of chimpanzee and human bipedal walking. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. Barcelona, Spain. July 2013.
Lee LF, O'Neill MC, Demes B, LaBoda MD, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr, Umberger BR. 2013. Joint kinematics in chimpanzee and human bipedal walking. American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting. Gainesville, FL. August 2012.
Thompson NE, O’Neill MC, Larson SG, Umberger BR. 2012. Passive joint motion of the chimpanzee knee, ankle, and foot. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 147(S54): 286.
*O'Neill MC, Demes B, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr, Lee LF, Umberger BR. 2012. Chimpanzee bipedalism: integrating experiments and musculoskeletal modeling. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 147(S54): 227–228.
*Thompson NE, #Ostrofsky KR, McFarlin SC, Robbins MM, #Rubinstein D, Almécija, S. 2018. Preliminary 3-D kinematic data of wild Mountain Gorilla terrestrial locomotion: using lab-based methods in ape environments. The American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. April 2018.
#Koll N, #Ahmed L, Thompson NE. 2018. Digitizing the Nissen/ Riesen Chimpanzee Longitudinal Radiographic Series. The American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. April 2018.
#Rubinstein D, Larson SG, Thompson NE. 2018. Great ape thorax and shoulder – adapted for arboreality or knuckle-walking? The American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. April 2018.
#Ostrofsky KR, Thompson NE, McFarlin SC, Robbins MM, Stoinski TS, Almécija, S. 2018. Capturing 3-D locomotor kinematics in wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). The American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. April 2018.
*Holowka NB, Hatala KG, Demes B., Thompson NE, Wunderlich RE. 2018. Chimpanzee plantar pressure distributions and the origins of bipedal plantigrady. The American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. April 2018.
*Thompson NE, O’Neill MC, Demes B. 2017. Pelvic height, lumbar entrapment, and their effects on upper body stability during bipedalism. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 162(S64): 381.
*O’Neill MC, Ogihara N, Nakatsukasa M, Demes B, Thompson NE, Umberger BR. 2017. Pelvis shape, lumbar column length and the origin of the human walking stride. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 162(S64): 305.
Thompson NE, Demes B, #Ostrofsky KR, McFarlin SC, Robbins MM, Stoinski TS, Almécija S. 2017. Biomechanics of knuckle-walking in African apes. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. January 2017.
Holowka NB, Bhandal V, Lam O, Thompson NE, Demes B. 2017. Chimpanzee impact forces during walking and implications for the evolution of bipedalism. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. January 2017.
*Thompson NE, Demes B, O’Neill MC. 2016. Frontal plane trunk mechanics in humans and chimpanzees, and implications for the bipedal gait of the last common ancestor. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159(S62): 314.
Sumner BJ, Thompson NE, Demes B, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr. 2016. Arm swing in bipedally walking chimpanzees. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159(S62): 307–308.
*Thompson NE, Demes B, O’Neill MC. Three dimensional trunk kinematics of humans and chimpanzees: New insights on early hominin bipedalism. The American Association of Anatomists Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. April 2016.
Sumner BJ, Larson SG, Demes B, Thompson NE, Stern JT Jr. 2016. Arm swing in bipedally walking chimpanzees. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. January 2016.
Thompson NE, Demes B, O’Neill MC, Holowka NB, #Li J. 2015. The effects of trunk morphology on bipedal locomotion in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156(S60): 304–305.
Demes B, Thompson NE, O’Neill MC, Umberger BR. 2015. Chimpanzee bipedal gait mechanics and early hominin gait evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156(S60): 119.
Holowka NB, Demes B, O’Neill MC, Thompson NE. 2015. Chimpanzee foot and ankle joint motion during vertical climbing. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156(S60): 168.
*Thompson NE, O’Neill MC, Demes B. 2014 Three-dimensional head kinematics during terrestrial locomotion in humans and chimpanzees. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. January 2014.
*Demes B, O’Neill MC, Thompson NE. 2014. Chimpanzee bipedal gait mechanics and early hominin gait evolution. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. January 2014.
*O’Neill MC, Lee LF, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr., Demes B, Thompson NE, Umberger BR. 2014. Individual muscle function in chimpanzee bipedalism II: Musculoskeletal model predictions based on static optimization. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 153(S58): 199.
Lee LF, O’Neill MC, Demes B, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr, Umberger BR. 2013. The mechanics of economical walking: insights from chimpanzee and human bipedalism. American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting. Omaha, NE. September 2013.
Thompson NE, O’Neill MC, Demes B, Larson SG. 2013. Three-dimensional head kinematics in chimpanzees and humans: implications for the study of semicircular canal morphology. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150(S56):272.
O’Neill MC, Lee LF, Demes B, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr, Umberger BR. 2013. The effects of musculoskeletal structure on joint mechanics in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) bipedal walking. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150(S56): 210.
Umberger BR, O’Neill MC, Demes B, Lee LF, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr. 2013. Differences in the mechanics of chimpanzee and human bipedal walking. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. Barcelona, Spain. July 2013.
Lee LF, O'Neill MC, Demes B, LaBoda MD, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr, Umberger BR. 2013. Joint kinematics in chimpanzee and human bipedal walking. American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting. Gainesville, FL. August 2012.
Thompson NE, O’Neill MC, Larson SG, Umberger BR. 2012. Passive joint motion of the chimpanzee knee, ankle, and foot. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 147(S54): 286.
*O'Neill MC, Demes B, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr, Lee LF, Umberger BR. 2012. Chimpanzee bipedalism: integrating experiments and musculoskeletal modeling. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 147(S54): 227–228.