Chimpanzee Super Strength and Human Skeletal Muscle Evolution

By Matthew C. O’Neill, Brian R. Umberger, David Holowka, Susan G. Larson, and Peter J. Reiser

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We suggest that muscular performance capabilities declined during hominin evolution in response to selection for repetitive, low-cost contractile behavior.

Published in 2017 in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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@article{oneill-matthew-c-et-al2017-chimpanzee-super-strength-and-human,
    title={{C}himpanzee {S}uper {S}trength and {H}uman {S}keletal {M}uscle {E}volution},
    author={Matthew C. O’Neill and Brian R. Umberger and David Holowka and Susan G. Larson and Peter J. Reiser},
    publisher={National Academies Press},
    address={Washington D.C.},
    year=2017,
    month=jun,
    journal={The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
    volume=114,
    number=28,
    pages={7343--7348},
    keywords={body,muscle,biology},
    doi={10.1073/pnas.1619071114},
    openalex_id={W2718704424},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/114/28/7343.full.pdf}
}

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