Publications
2022. Holowka NB, Kraft TS, Wallace IJ, Gurven M, Venkataraman VV. Forest terrains influence walking kinematics among indigenous Tsimane of the Bolivian Amazon. Evolutionary Human Sciences 4: E19. DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2022.13
2022. Holowka NB, Gillinov SM, Virot E, Lieberman DE. Effects of footwear cushioning on leg and longitudinal arch stiffness during running. Journal of Biomechanics 133: 110869. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110869
2022. Holowka NB. Primate foot use during bipedal walking. In: Evolution of the Primate Foot (eds. Zeininger A, Hatala K, Wunderlich R, Schmitt D). New York: Springer.
2022. Lieberman DE, Holowka NB. Running in addition to walking helped shape the human foot. In: Evolution of the Primate Foot (eds. Zeininger A, Hatala K, Wunderlich R, Schmitt D). New York: Springer.
2022. Wynands B, Zippenfennig C, Holowka NB, Lieberman DE, Milani TL. Does plantar skin abrasion affect cutaneous mechanosensation? Physiological Reports 10: e51479. DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15479
2022. Jung H, Simons E, Holowka NB, von Cramon-Taubadel N. Phylogenetics and functional signal in prezygapophyseal articular facet shape of the first post-transitional vertebra in anthropoids. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 179: 481-490. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24597
2022. Wallace IJ, Kraft TS, Venkataraman VV, Davis HE, Holowka NB, Harris AR, Lieberman DE, Gurven M. Cultural variation in running techniques among non-industrial societies. Evolutionary Human Sciences 4: e14. DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2022.12
2022. Wallace IJ, Riew GJ, Landau R, Bendele AM, Holowka NB, Hedrick TL, Konow N, Brooks DJ, Lieberman DE. Experimental evidence that physical activity inhibits osteoarthritis: implications for inferring activity patterns from osteoarthritis in archaeological human skeletons. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177: 223-231. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24429
2021. Kraft TS, Venkataraman VV, Wallace IJ, Crittenden AN, Holowka NB, Stieglitz J, Harris J, Raichlen DA, Wood B, Gurven M, Pontzer H. The energetics of uniquely human subsistence strategies. Science 374: eabf0130. DOI: 10.1126/science.abf0130
2021. Holowka NB, Wallace IJ, Mathiessen A, Ojiambo Mang’Eni R, Okutoyi P, Worthington S, Lieberman DE. Urbanization and knee cartilage growth among children and adolescents in Western Kenya. ACR Open Rheumatology 2: 11323. DOI 10.1002/acr2.11323
2021. Holowka NB, Richards A, Sibson BE, Lieberman DE. The human foot functions like a spring of adjustable stiffness during running. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224: 19667. DOI: 1242/jeb.219667
2021. Sibson BE, Tobolsky VA, Kistner TM, Holowka NB, Jemutai J, Sigei TK, Ojiamo Mang’Eni R, Okutoyi P, Lieberman DE. Trunk muscle endurance, strength and flexibility in rural subsistence farmers and urban industrialized adults in wester Kenya. Journal of Human Biology. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23611
2020. Sichting F, Holowka NB, Hansen OB, Lieberman DE. Effect of the upward curvature of toe springs on walking biomechanics in humans. Scientific Reports 10: 14643. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71247-9
2020. Sichting F, Holowka NB, Ebrecht F, Lieberman DE. Evolutionary anatomy of the plantar aponeurosis in primates, including humans. Journal of Anatomy 237: 85-104. DOI: 10.1111/joa.13173
2020. Lieberman DE, Mahaffey M, Cubesare Quimare S, Holowka NB, Wallace IJ, Baggish AL. Running in Tarahumara (Rarámuri) culture: Persistence hunting, footracing, dancing, work, and the fallacy of the athletic Savage. Current Anthropology 61: 356-379. DOI: 10.1086/708810
2019. Holowka NB, Wynands B, Drechsel TJ, Yegian AK, Tobolsky VA, Okutoyi P, Ojiambo Mang’eni R, Haile DW, Sigei TK, Zippenfennig C, Milani TL, Lieberman DE. Foot callus thickness does not trade-off protection for tactile sensitivity during walking. Nature 571, 261-264. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1345-6
2019. Wallace IJ, Bendele AM, Riew G, Frank EH, Hung H-H, Holowka NB, Bolze AS, Venable EM, Yegian AK, Dingwall HL, Carmody RN, Grodzinsky AJ, Lieberman DE. Physical inactivity and knee osteoarthritis in guinea pigs. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 27, 1721-1728. DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2019.07.005
2019. Callison WE, Holowka NB, Lieberman DE. Thoracic adaptations for ventilation during locomotion in humans and other mammals. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222, jeb189357 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.189357
2018. Holowka NB, Lieberman DE. Rethinking the evolution of the human foot: insights from experimental research. Journal of Experimental Biology 221. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.174425
2018. Holowka NB, Wallace IJ, Lieberman DE. Foot strength and stiffness are related to footwear use in a comparison of minimally- vs. conventionally-shod populations. Scientific Reports 8, 3679. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21916-7
2018. Thompson NE, O'Neill MC, Holowka NB, Demes B. Step width and frontal plane motion in bipedal chimpanzee and human walking. Journal of Human Evolution 125, 27-37. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.09.006
2018. Venkataraman VV, Yegian AK, Wallace IJ, Holowka NB, Tacey I, Gurven M, Kraft TS. Locomotor constrains favor evolution of the human pygmy phenotype in tropical rainforests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285, 20181492. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1492.
2018. Wallace IJ, Koch E, Holowka NB, Lieberman DE. Heel impact forces during barefoot versus minimally shod walking among Tarahumara subsistence farmers and urban Americans. Royal Society Open Science 5, 180044. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180044
2017. O'Neill MC, Umberger BR, Holowka NB, Larson SG, Reiser PJ. Chimpanzee super strength and human skeletal muscle evolution. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. 114, 7343-7348. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1619071114
2017. Holowka NB, O'Neill MC, Thompson NE, Demes B. Chimpanzee ankle and foot joint kinematics: Arboreal versus terrestrial locomotion. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 164, 131-147. DOI:10.1002/ajpa.23262
2017. Holowka NB, O'Neill MC, Thompson NE, Demes B. Chimpanzee and human midfoot motion during bipedal walking and the evolution of the longitudinal arch of the foot. Journal of Human Evolution 104: 23-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.12.002
2016. Fernández PJ*, Holowka NB*, Demes B, Jungers WL. Form and function of the human and chimpanzee forefoot: implications for early hominin bipedalism. Scientific Reports 6, 30532. DOI: 10.1038/srep30532 *These authors contributed equally to this work.
2015. Thompson NT, Demes B, O’Neill MC, Holowka NB, Larson SG. Surprising trunk rotational capabilities in chimpanzees and implications for bipedal walking proficiency in early hominins. Nature Communications 6, 8416. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9416
2014. Thompson NT, Holowka NB, O’Neill MC, Larson SG. Brief Communication: Cineradiographic analysis of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 154, 604-608 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22529
2013. Holowka NB, O’Neill MC. Three-dimensional moment arms and architecture of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) leg musculature. Journal of Anatomy 223, 610-628. DOI: 10.111/joa.12121
2022. Holowka NB, Gillinov SM, Virot E, Lieberman DE. Effects of footwear cushioning on leg and longitudinal arch stiffness during running. Journal of Biomechanics 133: 110869. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110869
2022. Holowka NB. Primate foot use during bipedal walking. In: Evolution of the Primate Foot (eds. Zeininger A, Hatala K, Wunderlich R, Schmitt D). New York: Springer.
2022. Lieberman DE, Holowka NB. Running in addition to walking helped shape the human foot. In: Evolution of the Primate Foot (eds. Zeininger A, Hatala K, Wunderlich R, Schmitt D). New York: Springer.
2022. Wynands B, Zippenfennig C, Holowka NB, Lieberman DE, Milani TL. Does plantar skin abrasion affect cutaneous mechanosensation? Physiological Reports 10: e51479. DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15479
2022. Jung H, Simons E, Holowka NB, von Cramon-Taubadel N. Phylogenetics and functional signal in prezygapophyseal articular facet shape of the first post-transitional vertebra in anthropoids. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 179: 481-490. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24597
2022. Wallace IJ, Kraft TS, Venkataraman VV, Davis HE, Holowka NB, Harris AR, Lieberman DE, Gurven M. Cultural variation in running techniques among non-industrial societies. Evolutionary Human Sciences 4: e14. DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2022.12
2022. Wallace IJ, Riew GJ, Landau R, Bendele AM, Holowka NB, Hedrick TL, Konow N, Brooks DJ, Lieberman DE. Experimental evidence that physical activity inhibits osteoarthritis: implications for inferring activity patterns from osteoarthritis in archaeological human skeletons. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177: 223-231. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24429
2021. Kraft TS, Venkataraman VV, Wallace IJ, Crittenden AN, Holowka NB, Stieglitz J, Harris J, Raichlen DA, Wood B, Gurven M, Pontzer H. The energetics of uniquely human subsistence strategies. Science 374: eabf0130. DOI: 10.1126/science.abf0130
2021. Holowka NB, Wallace IJ, Mathiessen A, Ojiambo Mang’Eni R, Okutoyi P, Worthington S, Lieberman DE. Urbanization and knee cartilage growth among children and adolescents in Western Kenya. ACR Open Rheumatology 2: 11323. DOI 10.1002/acr2.11323
2021. Holowka NB, Richards A, Sibson BE, Lieberman DE. The human foot functions like a spring of adjustable stiffness during running. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224: 19667. DOI: 1242/jeb.219667
2021. Sibson BE, Tobolsky VA, Kistner TM, Holowka NB, Jemutai J, Sigei TK, Ojiamo Mang’Eni R, Okutoyi P, Lieberman DE. Trunk muscle endurance, strength and flexibility in rural subsistence farmers and urban industrialized adults in wester Kenya. Journal of Human Biology. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23611
2020. Sichting F, Holowka NB, Hansen OB, Lieberman DE. Effect of the upward curvature of toe springs on walking biomechanics in humans. Scientific Reports 10: 14643. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71247-9
2020. Sichting F, Holowka NB, Ebrecht F, Lieberman DE. Evolutionary anatomy of the plantar aponeurosis in primates, including humans. Journal of Anatomy 237: 85-104. DOI: 10.1111/joa.13173
2020. Lieberman DE, Mahaffey M, Cubesare Quimare S, Holowka NB, Wallace IJ, Baggish AL. Running in Tarahumara (Rarámuri) culture: Persistence hunting, footracing, dancing, work, and the fallacy of the athletic Savage. Current Anthropology 61: 356-379. DOI: 10.1086/708810
2019. Holowka NB, Wynands B, Drechsel TJ, Yegian AK, Tobolsky VA, Okutoyi P, Ojiambo Mang’eni R, Haile DW, Sigei TK, Zippenfennig C, Milani TL, Lieberman DE. Foot callus thickness does not trade-off protection for tactile sensitivity during walking. Nature 571, 261-264. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1345-6
2019. Wallace IJ, Bendele AM, Riew G, Frank EH, Hung H-H, Holowka NB, Bolze AS, Venable EM, Yegian AK, Dingwall HL, Carmody RN, Grodzinsky AJ, Lieberman DE. Physical inactivity and knee osteoarthritis in guinea pigs. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 27, 1721-1728. DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2019.07.005
2019. Callison WE, Holowka NB, Lieberman DE. Thoracic adaptations for ventilation during locomotion in humans and other mammals. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222, jeb189357 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.189357
2018. Holowka NB, Lieberman DE. Rethinking the evolution of the human foot: insights from experimental research. Journal of Experimental Biology 221. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.174425
2018. Holowka NB, Wallace IJ, Lieberman DE. Foot strength and stiffness are related to footwear use in a comparison of minimally- vs. conventionally-shod populations. Scientific Reports 8, 3679. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21916-7
2018. Thompson NE, O'Neill MC, Holowka NB, Demes B. Step width and frontal plane motion in bipedal chimpanzee and human walking. Journal of Human Evolution 125, 27-37. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.09.006
2018. Venkataraman VV, Yegian AK, Wallace IJ, Holowka NB, Tacey I, Gurven M, Kraft TS. Locomotor constrains favor evolution of the human pygmy phenotype in tropical rainforests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285, 20181492. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1492.
2018. Wallace IJ, Koch E, Holowka NB, Lieberman DE. Heel impact forces during barefoot versus minimally shod walking among Tarahumara subsistence farmers and urban Americans. Royal Society Open Science 5, 180044. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180044
2017. O'Neill MC, Umberger BR, Holowka NB, Larson SG, Reiser PJ. Chimpanzee super strength and human skeletal muscle evolution. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. 114, 7343-7348. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1619071114
2017. Holowka NB, O'Neill MC, Thompson NE, Demes B. Chimpanzee ankle and foot joint kinematics: Arboreal versus terrestrial locomotion. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 164, 131-147. DOI:10.1002/ajpa.23262
2017. Holowka NB, O'Neill MC, Thompson NE, Demes B. Chimpanzee and human midfoot motion during bipedal walking and the evolution of the longitudinal arch of the foot. Journal of Human Evolution 104: 23-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.12.002
2016. Fernández PJ*, Holowka NB*, Demes B, Jungers WL. Form and function of the human and chimpanzee forefoot: implications for early hominin bipedalism. Scientific Reports 6, 30532. DOI: 10.1038/srep30532 *These authors contributed equally to this work.
2015. Thompson NT, Demes B, O’Neill MC, Holowka NB, Larson SG. Surprising trunk rotational capabilities in chimpanzees and implications for bipedal walking proficiency in early hominins. Nature Communications 6, 8416. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9416
2014. Thompson NT, Holowka NB, O’Neill MC, Larson SG. Brief Communication: Cineradiographic analysis of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 154, 604-608 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22529
2013. Holowka NB, O’Neill MC. Three-dimensional moment arms and architecture of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) leg musculature. Journal of Anatomy 223, 610-628. DOI: 10.111/joa.12121
Published Abstracts
2022. Holowka NB, Kraft TS, Wallace IJ, Gurven M, Venkataraman VV. Forest terrains influence walking kinematics among indigenous Tsimane of the Bolivian Amazon. Denver, CO. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177, S73: 84.
2022. Holowka NB, Sichting F, O’Neill MC. Bipedal chimpanzee foot kinematics indicate that humans evolved high midfoot mobility for enhanced push-off in walking. Taipei, Taiwan. World Congress of Biomechanics meeting.
2021. Holowka NB, Bhandal V, Lam O, O’Neill MC, Thompson NE, Demes B. Chimpanzee and human foot strike forces and the evolution of heel strike walking in hominins. Baltimore, MD. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 174, S71: 48.
2020. Cousins CC, O’Neill MC, Callison WE, Holowka NB. Heel strike and the metabolic cost of human walking. Los Angeles, CA. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 171, S69: 58.
2019. Holowka NB, Wynands B, Drechsel TJ, Haile DW, Ojiambo Mang’eni R, Okutoyi P, Sigei TK, Tobolsky VA, Yegian AK, Zippenfennig C, Milani TL, Lieberman DE. Walking before footwear: plantar calluses protect the foot without trading-off tactile sensitivity. Cleveland, OH. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 68S: 106
2019. Holowka NB, Wynands B, Drechsel TJ, Haile DW, Ojiambo R, Okutoyi P, Tobolsky VA, Yegian AK, Zippenfennig C, Milani TL, Lieberman DE. Plantar calluses provide protection without trading off the sensitivity of fast-adapting mechanoreceptors. Tampa, FL. Society for Integrative Comparative Biologists annual meeting.
2018. Holowka NB, Hatala KG, Demes B, Thompson NE, Wunderlich RE. Chimpanzee plantar pressure distributions and the evolution of bipedal plantigrady. Austin, TX. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 66S: 124.
2017. Holowka NB, Koch EF, Ruiz M, Wallace IJ, Lieberman DE. Foot muscle size and longitudinal arch biomechanics in a minimally shod, non-industrial population. New Orleans, LA. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 64S: 221.
2017. Holowka NB, Bhandal V, Lam O, Thompson NE, Demes B. Chimpanzee impact forces during walking and implications for the evolution of bipedalism. New Orleans, LA. Society for Integrative Comparative Biologists annual meeting.
2016. Holowka NB, Fernández PJ. Functional morphology of the metatarsophalangeal joints in chimpanzees and humans: a kinematic and morphometric approach. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 62S: 176.
2015. Holowka NB, Demes B, O'Neill MC, Thompson NE. Chimpanzee foot and ankle joint motion during vertical climbing. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 60S: 169.
2014. Holowka NB, Demes B, O'Neill MC. Three-dimensional foot kinematics of chimpanzees and humans during bipedal locomotion. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58S: 144.
2013. Holowka NB, O’Neill MC. Three-dimensional moment arms and architecture of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) leg musculature. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 56S: 151.
2011. Holowka, N. A comparative study of the anatomical mechanical advantage of the elbow flexor and extensor muscles in anthropoid primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 52S: 166.
2022. Holowka NB, Sichting F, O’Neill MC. Bipedal chimpanzee foot kinematics indicate that humans evolved high midfoot mobility for enhanced push-off in walking. Taipei, Taiwan. World Congress of Biomechanics meeting.
2021. Holowka NB, Bhandal V, Lam O, O’Neill MC, Thompson NE, Demes B. Chimpanzee and human foot strike forces and the evolution of heel strike walking in hominins. Baltimore, MD. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 174, S71: 48.
2020. Cousins CC, O’Neill MC, Callison WE, Holowka NB. Heel strike and the metabolic cost of human walking. Los Angeles, CA. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 171, S69: 58.
2019. Holowka NB, Wynands B, Drechsel TJ, Haile DW, Ojiambo Mang’eni R, Okutoyi P, Sigei TK, Tobolsky VA, Yegian AK, Zippenfennig C, Milani TL, Lieberman DE. Walking before footwear: plantar calluses protect the foot without trading-off tactile sensitivity. Cleveland, OH. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 68S: 106
2019. Holowka NB, Wynands B, Drechsel TJ, Haile DW, Ojiambo R, Okutoyi P, Tobolsky VA, Yegian AK, Zippenfennig C, Milani TL, Lieberman DE. Plantar calluses provide protection without trading off the sensitivity of fast-adapting mechanoreceptors. Tampa, FL. Society for Integrative Comparative Biologists annual meeting.
2018. Holowka NB, Hatala KG, Demes B, Thompson NE, Wunderlich RE. Chimpanzee plantar pressure distributions and the evolution of bipedal plantigrady. Austin, TX. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 66S: 124.
2017. Holowka NB, Koch EF, Ruiz M, Wallace IJ, Lieberman DE. Foot muscle size and longitudinal arch biomechanics in a minimally shod, non-industrial population. New Orleans, LA. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 64S: 221.
2017. Holowka NB, Bhandal V, Lam O, Thompson NE, Demes B. Chimpanzee impact forces during walking and implications for the evolution of bipedalism. New Orleans, LA. Society for Integrative Comparative Biologists annual meeting.
2016. Holowka NB, Fernández PJ. Functional morphology of the metatarsophalangeal joints in chimpanzees and humans: a kinematic and morphometric approach. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 62S: 176.
2015. Holowka NB, Demes B, O'Neill MC, Thompson NE. Chimpanzee foot and ankle joint motion during vertical climbing. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 60S: 169.
2014. Holowka NB, Demes B, O'Neill MC. Three-dimensional foot kinematics of chimpanzees and humans during bipedal locomotion. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58S: 144.
2013. Holowka NB, O’Neill MC. Three-dimensional moment arms and architecture of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) leg musculature. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 56S: 151.
2011. Holowka, N. A comparative study of the anatomical mechanical advantage of the elbow flexor and extensor muscles in anthropoid primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 52S: 166.