PUBLICATIONS
Brian G. Richmond

Published Articles (pdfs available upon request):

2011 Tocheri, M.W., Solhan, C.R., Orr, C.M., Femiani, J., Frohlich, B., Groves, C.P., Harcourt-Smith, W.E., Richmond, B.G., Shoelson, B., Jungers, W.L. Ecological divergence and medial cuneiform morphology in gorillas. Journal of Human Evolution 60: 129-256.

2010 Griffin, N.L., K.D. Août, B.G. Richmond, A.D. Gordon, and P. Aerts. Comparative in vivo forefoot kinematics of Homo sapiens and Pan paniscus. Journal of Human Evolution 59: 608-619.

2010 Wang, Q. A.L. Smith, D.S. Strait, B.G. Richmond, C.D. Byron, I.R. Grosse, U. Zapata, B.W. Wright. The global impact of sutures assessed in a finite element model of a macaque cranium. Anatomical Record 293: 1477-1491.

2010 Griffin, N.L., D’Août, K., Ryan, T.M., Richmond, B.G., Ketcham, R.A., Postnov, A.. Comparative forefoot trabecular bone architecture in extant hominids. Journal of Human Evolution 59: 202-213.

2010 Braun, D.R., J.W.K. Harris, N.E. Levin, J.T. McCoy, A.I.R. Herries, M. Bamford, L. Bishop, B.G. Richmond, M. Kibunjia. Early hominin dietary breadth 1.95 Myr ago in East Turkana, Kenya. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 107: 10002-10007.

* With accompanying Commentary (Steele, T.E. A unique hominin menu dated to 1.95 million years ago. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. doi 10.1073.)

2010 Williams, E.M., Gordon, A.D., Richmond, B.G. Upper limb kinematics and the role of the wrist during stone tool production. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143: 134-145.

2010 Strait, D.S., I.R. Grosse, P.C. Dechow, A.L. Smith, Q. Wang, G.W. Weber, S. Neubauer, J. Chalk, B.G. Richmond, P.W. Lucas, M.A. Spencer, C. Schrein, C.F. Ross, B.W. Wright, C. Byron, C.F. Ross. The structural rigidity of the cranium of Australopithecus africanus: implications for diet, dietary adaptations, and the allometry of feeding biomechanics. Anatomical Record 293: 583-593.

2010 Berthaume, M., Grosse, I.R., Patel, N.D., Strait, D.S. Strait, Wood, S., Richmond, B.G. The effect of early hominin occlusal morphology on the fracturing of hard food items. The Anatomical Record 293: 594-606.

2010 Griffin, N.L., Richmond, B.G. Joint orientation and function in great ape and human proximal pedal phalanges. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 141: 116-123.

2009 Bennett, M., J.W.K. Harris, B.G. Richmond, D.R. Braun, E. Mbua, P. Kiura, D. Olago, M. Kibunjia, C. Omuombo, A.K. Behrensmeyer, D. Huddart, S. Gonzalez. Early hominin foot morphology based on 1.5 million year-old footprints from Ileret, Kenya. Science 323: 1197-1201.

* Cover article.

* With accompanying Perspective (Crompton, R. & T.C. Pataky. Stepping Out. Science 323: 1174-1175.

2009 Strait, D.S., G.W. Weber, S. Neubauer, J. Chalk, B.G. Richmond, P.W. Lucas, M.A. Spencer, C. Schrein, P.C. Dechow, C.F. Ross, I.R. Grosse, B.W. Wright, P. Constantino, B.A. Wood, B. Lawn, Q. Wang, D.E. Slice, C. Byron, A.L. Smith. The feeding biomechanics and dietary ecology of Australopithecus africanus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106: 2124-2129.

2008 Richmond, B.G., W.L. Jungers. Orrorin tugenensis femoral morphology and the evolution of hominin bipedalism. Science 319: 1662-1665.

2008 Lague, M.R., N.J. Collard, B.G. Richmond, B.A. Wood. Hominid mandibular corpus shape variation and its utility for recognizing species diversity within fossil Homo. Journal of Anatomy 213: 670-685.

2008 Strait, D.S., B.W. Wright, B.G. Richmond, C.F. Ross, P. Dechow, M.A. Spencer, Q. Wang. Craniofacial strain patterns during premolar loading: Implications for human evolution. In Vinyard, C. (Ed.) Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology. New York: Springer. p. 173-198.

2008 Wang, Q., P.C. Dechow, B.W. Wright, C. Ross, D.S. Strait, B.G. Richmond, M. Spencer, Byron, C.D. Surface strain on bone and sutures in a monkey facial skeleton: an in vitro approach and its relevance to Finite Element Analysis. In Vinyard, C. (Ed.) Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology. New York: Springer. p. 149-172.

2008 Lemelin, P., M.W. Hamrick, B.G. Richmond, L.R.Godfrey, W.L. Jungers, D.A. Burney. New hand bones of Hadropithecus stenognathus: Implications for the paleobiology of the Archaeolemuridae. Journal of Human Evolution 54: 405-413.

2008 Griffin, N., A. Gordon, B.G. Richmond, and S.C. Antón. Cross-sectional geometric analysis of a foot bone assemblage from Mangaia, Cook Islands. HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology 59: 27-40.

2008 Gordon, A.G., D.J. Green, B.G. Richmond. Strong postcranial size dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis: results from two new resampling methods for multivariate data sets with missing data. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 135: 311-328.

2007 Richmond, B.G. Biomechanics of phalangeal curvature. Journal of Human Evolution 53: 678-690.

2007 Begun, D., B.G. Richmond, D.S. Strait. Comment on “Origin of Human Bipedalism As an Adaptation for Locomotion on Flexible Branches”? Science 318: 1066-1067.

2007 Green, D., A. Gordon, and B.G. Richmond. Limb-size proportions in Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanus. Journal of Human Evolution 52: 187-200.

2007 Strait, D.S., B.G. Richmond, M.A. Spencer, C.F. Ross, Dechow, P. and Wood, B.A. Something to chew on: masticatory biomechanics and its relevance to early hominid phylogeny. In Lockwood, C.A. and J.G. Fleagle (Guest Eds.) Journal of Human Evolution 52: 585-599.

2006 Richmond, B.G. Functional morphology of the midcarpal joint in knuckle-walkers and terrestrial quadrupeds. In Ishida, H., Tuttle, R., Pickford, M., Ogihara, N., and Nakatsukasa, M. (Eds) Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds. New York: Springer. p. 105-122.

2005 Griffin, N.L. and B.G. Richmond. Cross-sectional geometry of the human forefoot. Bone 37: 253-260.

2005 Richmond, B.G., B.W. Wright, I. Grosse, P.C. Dechow, C. Ross, M. Spencer, D. Strait. Finite element analysis in functional morphology. Anatomical Record 238A: 259-274.

2005 Strait, D.S., Q. Wang, P.C. Dechow, C.F. Ross, B.G. Richmond, M. Spencer, B. Patel. Modeling material properties in finite element analysis: How accurate is accurate enough? Anatomical Record 238A: 275-287.

2005 Ross, C.F., B. Patel, D. Slice, D. Strait, P.C. Dechow, B.G. Richmond, M. Spencer. Modeling masticatory muscle force in finite-element analysis: sensitivity analysis using principal coordinates analysis. Anatomical Record 238A: 288-299.

2003 Kappelman, J., D.T. Rasmussen, W.J. Sanders, M. Feseha, T. Bown, P. Copeland, J. Crabaugh, J. Fleagle, M. Glantz, A. Gordon, B. Jacobs, M. Maga, K. Muldoon, A. Pan, L. Pyne, B. Richmond, T. Ryan, E.R. Seiffert, S. Sen, L. Todd, M. Wiemann, and A. Winkler. Oligocene mammals from Ethiopia and faunal exchange between Afro-Arabia and Eurasia. Nature 426: 549-552.

2003 Kappelman, J., B. Richmond, E.R. Seiffert, M. Maga, T. Ryan. Fossil apes from the Sinap Formation. In Kappelman, J., M. Fortelius, R. Bernor, and S. Sen (Eds.) The Chronology and Paleontology of the Sinap Formation, Turkey. Columbia University Press.

2002 Richmond, B.G., L.C. Aiello, and B.A. Wood. Early hominin limb proportions. Journal of Human Evolution 43: 529-548.

2002 Panger, M.A., A.S. Brooks, B.G. Richmond, and B.A. Wood. Older than the Oldowan: Rethinking the emergence of hominin tool use. Evolutionary Anthropology 11: 234-245.

2002 Jungers, W.L., L.R. Godfrey, E.L. Simons, R.E. Wunderlich, B.G. Richmond, P.S. Chatrath, and B. Rakotosamimanana. Ecomorphology and behavior of giant extinct lemurs from Madagascar. In J.M. Plavcan, R.F. Kay, C.P. van Schaik and W.L. Jungers (Eds.) Reconstructing Behavior in the Primate Fossil Record. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. p. 371-411.

2001 Richmond, B.G., D.R. Begun, D.S. Strait. The origin of human bipedalism: the knuckle-walking hypothesis revisited. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 44: 70-105.

2001 Richmond, B.G. and D.S. Strait. Knuckle-walking hominid ancestors: A reply to Corruccini & McHenry. Journal of Human Evolution 40: 513-520.

2001 Silverman, N., B.G. Richmond, and B.A. Wood. Testing the taxonomic integrity of Paranthropus boisei sensu stricto. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 115: 167-178.

2001 Richmond, B.G. and D.S. Strait. Did our human ancestors knuckle-walk? Nature 410: 326.

2001 Richmond, B.G. and D.S. Strait. Les hommes ont-ils eu un ancêtre “knuckle-walker”? Primatologie 3: 555-570.

2001 Richmond, B.G. and D.S. Strait. Réponse à B. Senut et R. H. Tuttle: Lorsque les caractères ont une signification fonctionnelle Primatologie 3: 577-582.

2001 Richmond, B.G. and M. Whalen. Forelimb function, bone curvature, and phylogeny of Sivapithecus. In de Bonis, L. and G. Koufos (Eds.) Phylogeny of Eurasian Neogene Hominoid Primates. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 326-348.

2000 Wood, B.A. and B.G. Richmond. Human Evolution: Taxonomy and Paleobiology. Journal of Anatomy 196: 19-60.

2000 Richmond, B.G. and D.S. Strait. Evidence that humans evolved from knuckle-walking ancestors. Nature 404: 382-385.

* Cover article.

* With accompanying News & Views (Collard, M. & L.C. Aiello. From forelimbs to two legs. Nature 404: 339-340.

1998 Richmond, B.G., J.G. Fleagle, J. Kappelman, and C.C. Swisher. First hominoid from the Miocene of Ethiopia and the evolution of the catarrhine elbow. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 105: 257-277.

1997 Godfrey, L.R., W.L. Jungers, R.E. Wunderlich, and B.G. Richmond. Reappraisal of the postcranium of Hadropithecus (Primates, Indroidea). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 103, 529-556.

1996 Demes, A.B., W.L. Jungers, J.G. Fleagle, R.E. Wunderlich, B.G. Richmond, and P. Lemelin. Body size and leaping kinematics in Malagasy vertical clingers and leapers. Journal of Human Evolution 31:367-388.

1996 Lockwood, C.A., B.G. Richmond, W.L. Jungers, W.H. Kimbel. Randomization procedures and sexual dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis. Journal of Human Evolution 31:537-548.

1996 Fleagle, J.G., B.G. Richmond, F. Ankel-Simons, P. Chatrath, and E.L. Simons. Aegyptopithecus zeuxis and the evolution of Old World higher primates. Proceedings of the Geological Survey of Egypt Centennial Conference, 277-287.

1995 Richmond, B.G. and W.L. Jungers. Size variation and sexual dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis and living hominoids. Journal of Human Evolution 29:229-245.

News & Reviews:

2002 Richmond, B.G. Skeletal function and form: Mechanobiology of skeletal development, aging, and regeneration. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 119: 292-293.

1999 Richmond, B.G. Primate and Human Evolution at the 1999 Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Evolutionary Anthropology 8: 159-161.