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2024

[34] Miller CK, McCann RA, Hatala KG, Musiba C, DeSilva JM. Early hominin movement patterns at Laetoli, northern Tanzania. PaleoAnthropology 2024, 139-147. [link]

[33] Hatala KG, Gatesy SM, Manafzadeh AR, Lusardi EM, Falkingham PL. A volumetric method for measuring the longitudinal arch of human tracks and feet. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 183, e24897. [link]

2023

[32] Hatala KG, Gatesy SM, Falkingham PL. Arched footprints preserve the motions of fossil hominin feet. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7, 32-41. [link]

[31] Hatala KG, Roach NT, Behrensmeyer AK. Fossil footprints and what they mean for hominin paleobiology. Evolutionary Anthropology 32, 39-53. [link]

2022

[30] Hatala KG, Zeininger A, Schmitt D, Wunderlich RE. Recent developments and future directions for the study of primate feet. In: Zeininger A, Hatala KG, Wunderlich RE, Schmitt D (Eds.) The Evolution of the Primate Foot: Anatomy, Function, and Palaeontological Evidence. Springer. [link]

[29] Hatala KG, Boyle EK. The feet of fossil Homo. In: Zeininger A, Hatala KG, Wunderlich RE, Schmitt D (Eds.) The Evolution of the Primate Foot: Anatomy, Function, and Palaeontological Evidence. Springer. [link]

[28] Zeininger A, Hatala KG, Wunderlich RE, Schmitt D. The Evolution of the Primate Foot: Anatomy, Function, and Palaeontological Evidence. Springer. [link]

2021

[27] McNutt EJ, Hatala KG, Miller C, Adams J, Casana J, Deane AS, Dominy NJ, Fabian K, Fannin LD, Gaughan S, Gill SV, Gurtu J, Gustafson E, Hill AC, Johnson C, Kallindo S, Kilham B, Kilham P, Kim E, Liutkus-Pierce C, Maley B, Prabhat A, Reader J, Rubin S, Thompson NE, Thornburg R, Williams-Hatala EM, Zimmer B, Musiba CM, DeSilva JM. Footprint evidence of early hominin locomotor diversity at Laetoli, Tanzania. Nature 600, 468-471. [link]

[26] Hatala KG, Gatesy, SM, Falkingham, PL. Integration of biplanar X-ray, three-dimensional animation and particle simulation reveals details of human ‘track ontogeny’. Interface Focus 11, 20200075. [link]

[25] Ruff CB, Wunderlich RE, Hatala KG, Tuttle RH, Hilton CE, D’Août K, Webb DM, Hallgrímsson B, Musiba C, Baksh M. Body mass estimation from footprint size in hominins. Journal of Human Evolution 156, 102997. [link]

2020

[24] Williams-Hatala EM, Hatala KG, Key A, Dunmore CJ, Kasper M, Gordon M, Kivell TL. Kinetics of stone tool production among novice and expert tool makers. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 174, 714-727. [link]

[23] Hatala KG, Harcourt-Smith WEH, Gordon AD, Zimmer BW, Richmond BG, Pobiner BL, Green DJ, Metallo A, Rossi V, Liutkus-Pierce CM. Snapshots of human anatomy, locomotion, and behavior from Late Pleistocene footprints at Engare Sero, Tanzania. Scientific Reports 10, 7740. [link]

[22] Wiseman ALA, Stringer CB, Ashton N, Bennett MR, Hatala KG, Duffy S, O’Brien T, De Groote I. The morphological affinity of the Early Pleistocene footprints from Happisburgh, England, with other footprints of Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene age. Journal of Human Evolution 144, 102776. [link]

2019

[21] Villmoare BA, Hatala KG, Jungers WL. Sexual dimorphism in Homo erectus inferred from 1.5 Ma footprints near Ileret, Kenya. Scientific Reports 9, 7687. [link]

2018

[20] Hatala KG, Perry DA, Gatesy SM. A biplanar X-ray approach for studying the 3-D dynamics of human track formation. Journal of Human Evolution 121, 104-118. [link]

[19] Grabowski MW, Hatala KG, Jungers WL. Body size estimates of the earliest possible hominins and implications for the last common ancestor. Journal of Human Evolution 122, 84-92. [link]

[18] Williams-Hatala EM, Hatala KG, Gordon M, Key A, Kasper M, Kivell TL. The manual pressures of stone tool behaviors and their implications for the evolution of the human hand. Journal of Human Evolution 119, 14-26. [link]

[17] Du A, Zipkin AM, Hatala KG, Renner E, Baker JL, Bianchi S, Bernal KH, Wood BA. Pattern and process in hominin brain size evolution are scale-dependent. Proceedings of the Royal Sociey B 285, 20172738. [link]

[16] Roach NT, Du A, Hatala KG, Ostrofsky K, Reeves J, Braun DR, Harris JWK, Behrensmeyer AK, Richmond BG. Pleistocene animal communities at a 1.5 million-year-old lake margin grassland and their relationship to Homo erectus paleoecology. Journal of Human Evolution 122, 70-83. [link]

[15] Zimmer B, Liutkus-Pierce C, Marshall S, Hatala KG, Metallo A, Rossi V. Using Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry to assess erosion at the Engare Sero Footprint Site, Tanzania. Quaternary Science Reviews 198, 226-241. [link]

[14] Falkingham PL, Bates KT, Avanzini M, Bennett M, Bordy E, Breithaupt BH, Castanera D, Citton P, Díaz-Martínez I, Farlow JO, Fiorillo AR, Gatesy SM, Getty P, Hatala KG, Hornung JJ, Hyatt JA, Klein H, Lallensack JN, Martin AJ, Marty D, Matthews NA, Meyer ChA, Milàn J, Minter NJ, Razzolini NL, Romilio A, Salisbury SW, Sciscio L, Tanaka I, Wiseman ALA, Xing L, Belvedere M. A standard protocol for documenting modern and fossil ichnological data. Palaeontology 61, 469-480. [link]

2017

[13] Hatala KG, Roach NT, Ostrofsky KR, Wunderlich RE, Dingwall HL, Villmoare BA, Green DJ, Braun DR, Harris JWK, Behrensmeyer AK, Richmond BG. Hominin track assemblages from Okote Member deposits near Ileret, Kenya and their implications for understanding fossil hominin paleobiology at 1.5 Ma. Journal of Human Evolution 112, 93-104. [link]

 [12] Key AJM, Dunmore CJ, Hatala KG, Williams-Hatala EM. Flake morphology as a record of manual pressure during stone tool production. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 12, 43-53. [link]

2016

[11] Hatala KG, Demes B, Richmond BG. Laetoli footprints reveal bipedal gait biomechanics different from those of modern humans and chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283, 20160235. [link]

[10] Hatala KG, Roach NT, Ostrofsky K, Wunderlich RE, Dingwall HL, Villmoare BA, Green DJ, Harris JWK, Braun DR, Richmond BG. Footprints preserve direct evidence of group behavior and locomotion in Homo erectus. Scientific Reports 6, 28766. [link]

[9] Hatala KG, Wunderlich RE, Dingwall HL, Richmond BG. Interpreting locomotor biomechanics from the morphology of human footprints. Journal of Human Evolution 90, 38-48. [link]

[8] Roach NT, Hatala KG, Ostrofsky K, Villmoare BA, Reeves JS, Du A, Braun DR, Harris JWK, Behrensmeyer AK, Richmond BG. Pleistocene footprints show intensive use of lake margin habitats by Homo erectus groups. Scientific Reports 6, 26374. [link]

[7] Williams-Hatala EM, Hatala KG, Hiles S, Rabey KN. Morphology of muscle attachment sites in the modern human hand does not reflect muscle architecture. Scientific Reports 6, 28353. [link]

[6] Jungers WL, Grabowski MW, Hatala KG, Richmond BG. The evolution of body size and shape in the human career. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371, 20150247. [link]

[5] Liutkus-Pierce CM, Zimmer BW, Carmichael SK, McIntosh W, Deino A, Hewitt SM, McGinnis KJ, Brett J, Mana S, Deocampo D, Richmond BG, Hatala KG, Harcourt-Smith WEH, Pobiner BL, Metallo A, Rossi V. Radioisotopic age, formation, and preservation of late Pleistocene Homo sapiens footprints at Engare Sero, Tanzania. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 463, 68-82. [link]

2015

[4] Grabowski MW, Hatala KG, Jungers WL, Richmond BG. Body mass estimates of hominin fossils and the evolution of human body size. Journal of Human Evolution 85, 75-93. [link]

2013

[3] Hatala KG, Dingwall HL, Wunderlich RE, Richmond BG. The relationship between plantar pressure and footprint shape. Journal of Human Evolution 65, 21-28. [link]

[2] Hatala KG, Dingwall HL, Wunderlich RE, Richmond BG. Variation in foot strike patterns during running among habitually barefoot populations. PLoS One 8(1), e52548. [link]

[1] Dingwall HL, Hatala KG, Wunderlich RE, Richmond BG. Hominin stature, body mass, and walking speed estimates based on 1.5 million-year-old fossil footprints at Ileret, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 64, 556-568. [link]