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  1. Hedonic eating, obesity, and addiction result from increased neuropeptide Y in the nucleus accumbens during human brain evolution

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  2. The hominid ilium is shaped by a synapomorphic growth mechanism that is unique within primates

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  3. Hunter-gatherer gatherings: stone-tool microwear from the Welling Site (33-Co-2), Ohio, U.S.A. supports Clovis use of outcrop-related base camps during the Pleistocene Peopling of the Americas

    Article • World Archaeology, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Matthew Boulanger, Professor C. Owen Lovejoy, Ashley M Rutkoski

  4. A often ignored brain catalyst involved in human social evolution

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  5. Evolution of the hominoid scapula and its implications for earliest hominid locomotion

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, January 2017, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  6. Let bone and muscle talk together: a study of real and virtual dissection and its implications for femoral musculoskeletal structure of chimpanzees

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, January 2015, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  7. Blood, Bulbs, and Bunodonts: On Evolutionary Ecology and the Diets of Ardipithecus , Australopithecus , and Early Homo

    Article • The Quarterly Review of Biology, December 2014, University of Chicago Press

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  8. The pisiform growth plate is lost in humans and supports a role forHoxin growth plate formation

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, October 2014, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  9. Ardipithecus and Early Human Evolution in Light of Twenty-First-Century Developmental Biology

    Article • Journal of Anthropological Research, September 2014, University of Chicago Press

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  10. Metapodial or Phalanx? An Evolutionary and Developmental Perspective on the Homology of the First Ray's Proximal Segment

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution, May 2013, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  11. Human Evolution and the Chimpanzee Referential Doctrine*

    Article • Annual Review of Anthropology, October 2012, Annual Reviews

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  12. Proximal Femoral Musculoskeletal Morphology of Chimpanzees and its Evolutionary Significance: A Critique of Morimoto et al. (2011)

    Article • The Anatomical Record, October 2012, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  13. Paper 111: Comparative Anatomy of the Knee and the ACL

    Article • Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, September 2012, Elsevier

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy, Professor Scott Tashman

  14. Spinopelvic pathways to bipedality: why no hominids ever relied on a bent-hip-bent-knee gait

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2010, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  15. An early Australopithecus afarensis postcranium from Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  16. Reexamining Human Origins in Light of Ardipithecus ramidus

    Article • Science, October 2009, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  17. Paleobiological Implications of the Ardipithecus ramidus Dentition

    Article • Science, October 2009, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  18. Ardipithecus ramidus and the Paleobiology of Early Hominids

    Article • Science, October 2009, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  19. Combining Prehension and Propulsion: The Foot of Ardipithecus ramidus

    Article • Science, October 2009, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  20. The Pelvis and Femur of Ardipithecus ramidus: The Emergence of Upright Walking

    Article • Science, October 2009, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  21. The Ardipithecus ramidus Skull and Its Implications for Hominid Origins

    Article • Science, October 2009, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  22. The vertebral formula of the last common ancestor of African apes and humans

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution, January 2009, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  23. Temperature regulates limb length in homeotherms by directly modulating cartilage growth

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  24. Ectocranial suture closure inPan troglodytesandGorilla gorilla: Pattern and phylogeny

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, August 2008, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  25. Patterns of correlation and covariation of anthropoid distal forelimb segments correspond to Hoxd expression territories

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution, May 2008, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  26. The Chimpanzee Has No Clothes

    Article • Current Anthropology, February 2008, University of Chicago Press

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  27. The natural history of human gait and posture

    Article • Gait & Posture, March 2007, Elsevier

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  28. Variation in mammalian proximal femoral development: comparative analysis of two distinct ossification patterns

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, March 2007, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  29. Age- and site-specific decline in insulin-like growth factor-I receptor expression is correlated with differential growth plate activity in the mouse hindlimb

    Article • The Anatomical Record, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  30. Growth plate formation and development in alligator and mouse metapodials: evolutionary and functional implications

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  31. Comparative development of mammalian and alligator metapodial growth plate formation

    Article • Developmental Biology, July 2006, Elsevier

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  32. Asa Issie, Aramis and the origin of Australopithecus

    Article • April 2006, Nature

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  33. Of muscle-bound crania and human brain evolution: The story behind the MYH16 headlines

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, February 2006, Elsevier

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  34. Histoire naturelle de la marche et de la posture humaine : colonne vertébrale et pelvis

    Article • EMC - Kinésithérapie, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  35. Histoire naturelle de la marche et de la posture chez l'Homme. Partie 2. Hanche et cuisse

    Article • EMC - Kinésithérapie, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  36. The case is unchanged and remains robust: Australopithecus afarensis exhibits only moderate skeletal dimorphism. A reply to Plavcan et al. (2005)

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, August 2005, Elsevier

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  37. Plio‐Pleistocene Hominid Limb Proportions

    Article • Current Anthropology, August 2005, University of Chicago Press

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  38. The natural history of human gait and posture

    Article • Gait & Posture, January 2005, Elsevier

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  39. Ossification of the mouse metatarsal: Differentiation and proliferation in the presence/absence of a defined growth plate

    Article • The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  40. The natural history of human gait and posture

    Article • Gait & Posture, January 2005, Elsevier

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  41. Developmental Biology and Human Evolution*

    Article • Annual Review of Anthropology, October 2003, Annual Reviews

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  42. Sexual dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis was similar to that of modern humans

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2003, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  43. The Maka femur and its bearing on the antiquity of human walking: Applying contemporary concepts of morphogenesis to the human fossil record

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 2002, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  44. Hominid brain expansion and reproductive success

    Article • Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2001, Cambridge University Press

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  45. Adaptationism and the anthropoid postcranium: Selection does not govern the length of the radial neck

    Article • Journal of Morphology, November 2000, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  46. Adaptationism and the anthropoid postcranium: Selection does not govern the length of the radial neck

    Article • Journal of Morphology, January 2000, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  47. Morphological analysis of the mammalian postcranium: A developmental perspective

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 1999, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  48. Cortical bone distribution in the femoral neck of hominoids: Implications for the locomotion ofAustralopithecus afarensis

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1997, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  49. Comparison of diaphyseal growth between the Libben population and the Hamann-Todd chimpanzee sample

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, January 1996, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  50. Histomorphological and geometric properties of human femoral cortex in individuals over 50: Implications for histomorphological determination of age-at-death

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 1994, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  51. Independent test of the fourth rib aging technique

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1993, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  52. Further evidence on relative dental maturation and somatic developmental rate in hominoids

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, January 1992, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  53. Relative dental development in hominoids and its failure to predict somatic growth velocity

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, October 1991, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  54. Reliability of age at death in the hamann-todd collection: Validity of subselection procedures used in blind tests of the summary age technique

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, November 1990, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  55. Metatarsophalangeal joints ofAustralopithecus afarensis

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1990, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  56. Hallucal tarsometatarsal joint inAustralopithecus afarensis

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, June 1990, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  57. Comments

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, January 1990, Elsevier

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  58. Long bone growth velocity in the Libben population

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, January 1990, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  59. The radiographic preauricular groove: Its non-relationship to past parity

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, June 1989, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  60. The calcaneus ofAustralopithecus afarensis and its implications for the evolution of bipedality

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, March 1989, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  61. Evolution of Human Walking

    Article • Scientific American, November 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  62. Talocrural joint in African hominoids: Implications forAustralopithecus afarensis

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, October 1987, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  63. Paleoanthropology Today: Hominid Evolution.

    Article • Science, May 1986, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  64. The obstetric pelvis of A.L. 288-1 (Lucy)

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, May 1986, Elsevier

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  65. Anatomical, physiological, and epidemiological correlates of the aging process: A confirmation of multifactorial age determination in the Libben skeletal population

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1985, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  66. Dental wear in the Libben population: Its functional pattern and role in the determination of adult skeletal age at death

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1985, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  67. Radiographic changes in the clavicle and proximal femur and their use in the determination of skeletal age at death

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1985, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  68. Accuracy and direction of error in the sexing of the skeleton: Implications for paleodemography

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1985, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  69. Ectocranial suture closure: A revised method for the determination of skeletal age at death based on the lateral-anterior sutures

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1985, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  70. A revised method of age determination using the os pubis, with a review and tests of accuracy of other current methods of pubic symphyseal aging

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1985, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  71. Chronological metamorphosis of the auricular surface of the ilium: A new method for the determination of adult skeletal age at death

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1985, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  72. Multifactorial determination of skeletal age at death: A method and blind tests of its accuracy

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1985, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  73. Models of Human Evolution

    Article • Science, July 1982, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  74. The central problem in human evolution

    Article • Nature, April 1982, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  75. Elements of the axial skeleton recovered from the Hadar formation: 1974-1977 collections

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, April 1982, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  76. Hominid upper limb bones recovered from the Hadar formation: 1974-1977 collections

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, April 1982, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  77. Hominid carpal, metacarpal, and phalangeal bones recovered from the Hadar formation: 1974-1977 collections

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, April 1982, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  78. Hominid lower limb bones recovered from the Hadar formation: 1974-1977 collections

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, April 1982, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  79. Hominid tarsal, metatarsal, and phalangeal bones recovered from the Hadar formation: 1974-1977 collections

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, April 1982, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  80. Morphology of the Pliocene partial hominid skeleton (A.L. 288-1) from the Hadar formation, Ethiopia

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, April 1982, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  81. Biomechanics and anthropology—A fruitful association

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, January 1982, Elsevier

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  82. The analysis of fractures in skeletal populations with an example from the Libben site, Ottowa County, Ohio

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, August 1981, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  83. Ancient bone disease in a Peruvian mummy revealed by quantitative skeletal histomorphometry

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, March 1981, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  84. The Origin of Man

    Article • Science, January 1981, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  85. Strength and robusticity of the Neandertal tibia

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, November 1980, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  86. Part Two: The role of constitutional factors, diet, and infectious disease in the etiology of porotic hyperostosis and periosteal reactions in prehistoric infants and children

    Article • Medical Anthropology, January 1978, Taylor & Francis

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  87. The biomechanical analysis of bone strength: A method and its application to platycnemia

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, May 1976, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  88. Biomechanical Perspectives on the Lower Limb of Early Hominids

    Article • December 1975, De Gruyter

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  89. Early Hominid Posture and Locomotion. JOHN T. ROBINSON

    Article • American Anthropologist, September 1974, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  90. Human osteology: A laboratory and field manual of the human skeleton. By William M. Bass. viii + 272 pp., figures, tables, appendices, bibliography. Missouri Archaeological Society, Columnbia, 1971. $6.00 (paper)

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, September 1973, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  91. The gait ofAustralopithecus

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, May 1973, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  92. Implications of relative robusticity in the Olduvai Metatarsus

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, July 1972, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  93. Proximal Femoral Anatomy of Australopithecus

    Article • Nature, January 1972, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  94. The distal femoral anatomy ofAustralopithecus

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, July 1971, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  95. Methods for the Detection of Census Error in Palaeodemography

    Article • American Anthropologist, February 1971, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  96. The Taxonomic Status of the 'Meganthropus' Mandibular Fragments from the Djetis Beds of Java

    Article • Man, June 1970, JSTOR

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  97. A reconstruction of the femur ofAustralopithecus africanus

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, January 1970, Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  98. The Libben Site: a Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Village from the Eastern Late Woodlands of North America. Analysis and Implications for Palaeodemography and Human Origins

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy

  99. Method and Theory in Paleodemography, with an Application to a Hunting, Fishing and Gathering Village from the Late Eastern Woodlands of North America

    Article • Wiley

    Professor C. Owen Lovejoy