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Daniel O. Schmitt

Daniel O. Schmitt, Associate Professor, Biological Anthropology & Anatomy and Internal Scientific Advisory Committee

Contact Info:
246 Sands Building
daniel.schmitt@duke.edu
Education:
  • PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1995
  • MS, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1995
  • BS, Yale University, 1987

Research Interests:

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 other mammals. Current projects include the origins of locomotion and the evolution of vertebrate bipedalism. Click here to enter the Animal Locomotion Laboratory web site to learn more.


Curriculum Vitae
Teaching (Fall 2009):

  • EVANTH 293S.01, Adv Research Bio Anthro/Anat Synopsis
    Bio sci 107, W 04:25 PM-05:40 PM

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. TL Kivell, D Schmitt. "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, United States 106.34 (August, 2009): 14241-6.  [abs]
  2. TJ Somers, FJ Keefe, JJ Pells, KE Dixon, SJ Waters, PA Riordan, JA Blumenthal, DC McKee, L LaCaille, JM Tucker, D Schmitt, DS Caldwell, VB Kraus, EL Sims, RA Shelby, JR Rice. "Pain catastrophizing and pain-related fear in osteoarthritis patients: relationships to pain and disability.." Journal of pain and symptom management, United States 37.5 (May, 2009): 863-72.  [abs]
  3. JJ Pells, RA Shelby, FJ Keefe, KE Dixon, JA Blumenthal, L Lacaille, JM Tucker, D Schmitt, DS Caldwell, VB Kraus. "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, Netherlands 136.3 (June, 2008): 340-7.  [abs]
  4. JB Hanna, D Schmitt, TM Griffin. "The energetic cost of climbing in primates.." Science (New York, N.Y.), United States 320.5878 (May, 2008): 898.  [abs]
  5. M Cartmill, P Lemelin, D Schmitt. "Understanding the adaptive value of diagonal-sequence gaits in primates: a comment on Shapiro and Raichlen, 2005.." American journal of physical anthropology, United States 133.2 (June, 2007): 822-5; discussion 825-7.