The relationship between plantar pressure and footprint shape |
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| Authors: | Kevin G Hatala Heather L Dingwall Roshna E Wunderlich Brian G Richmond |
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| Institution: | 1. Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, The George Washington University, 2110 G St., NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA;2. Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, 2110 G St., NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA;3. Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;4. Department of Biology, James Madison University, 951 Carrier Drive, MSC 7801, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA;5. Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20560, USA |
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| Abstract: | Fossil footprints preserve the only direct evidence of the external foot morphologies and gaits of extinct hominin taxa. However, their interpretation requires an understanding of the complex interaction among foot anatomy, foot function, and soft sediment mechanics. We applied an experimental approach aimed at understanding how one measure of foot function, the distribution of plantar pressure, influences footprint topography. |
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| Keywords: | Biomechanics Foot function Locomotion Ileret Human evolution |
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