Humans

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  • Osborn, M.L., Rau, A.R.P. & Homberger, D.G. subm. Free-Body Force Analysis of the Human Shoulder Suspension Apparatus: Development and Comparative Evaluation of 2D and 3D Computational Approaches. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
  • Sonnier, B. & Homberger, D.G. 2018. 3D Modeling and Animation of the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) of a Human Male with Implications for the Study of TMJ Dysfunction. FASEB J., 32 (April; Suppl.): TBA
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2017. Free-body Diagram Force Analysis in 2D and 3D: A Tool to Study Comparative Vertebrate Biomechanics. FASEB J., 31 (April, Suppl.): 577.9 http://www.fasebj.org/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.577.9
  • Homberger, D.G. 2017. Functional-morphological Diversity and Complexity of the Larynx as a Basis for Vocal Complexity in Birds: Analogies to Human Speech. FASEB J., 31 (April, Suppl.): 577.8 http://www.fasebj.org/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.577.8
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2016. The head suspension apparatus of cats and the shoulder suspension apparatus of humans: Modeling a macroevolutionary transformation with extant organisms. Anatomical Record 299 (Special Feature: ICVM11-2016 Program and Abstracts): 27, 134-135.
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2015. The Human Shoulder Suspension Apparatus: A Causal Explanation for Bilateral Asymmetry and a Fresh Look at the Evolution of Human Bipedality. Anat. Rec., 298 (9): 1572–1588. doi:10.1002/ar.23178. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26054034 . See also Anatomy Now (Newsletter of the American Association of Anatomists), September 2015.
  • Osborn, M.L., Ge, J., K.P. Melancon, A.R.P. Rau & D.G. Homberger. 2014. Bad Posture and its Effects on the Neck and Shoulder Suspension Apparatus of Humans: A 3D Biomechanical Analysis. Integr. Comp. Biol. 54 (suppl 1): e158. doi: 10.1093/icb/icu008
  • Osborn, M.L. 2013. The comparative anatomy of the head, neck, and shoulder of human beings and tetrapods. Ph.D. Dissertation. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
  • Osborn, M.L., Ge, J., Melancon, K.P., Rau, A.R.P. & Homberger, D.G. 2013. The Effect of Posture on the Neck and Shoulder Suspension Apparatus of Humans: A 3D Biomechanical Analysis. FASEB J., 27 (April 9):747.5 
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2012. Comparative functional morphology of the head suspension of quadrupedal cats and the shoulder suspension of bipedal humans. FASEB J., 26 (March 29): 455.4. 
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2011. Biomechanical analysis of the human head-neck-shoulder complex: Asymmetry as a natural experiment. FASEB J., 25 (March 17): 867.7.
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2011. The human head-neck-shoulder complex: A configuration to free the hands. Oral abstract 83.4 in Integr. Comp. Biol. 51 (suppl 1): e1-e157. doi: 10.1093/icb/icr008.
  • Bragulla, H.H., Foster, A.L., Stokes, A.M., Lopez, M.J. & Homberger, D.G. 2010. Distribution patterns of soft and hard keratin proteins in finger nails, cat claws, and horse hooves. FASEB J., 24 (April 6): 822.3. 
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2010. The function and evolution of the mastoid process and clavicle in humans: A natural experiment. FASEB J., 24 (April 6): lb9.
  • Bragulla, H.H. & Homberger, D.G. 2009. A comparative analysis of the cat claw, horse hoof, and human fingernail. FASEB J., 23 (April 22): 415.1.
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2009. Asymmetry of the cranio-cervico-omo-clavicular complex (CCOCC) in right-handed humans is functionally related to handedness. FASEB J., 23 (April 22): 822.4.
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2009. Asymmetry in the human cranio-cervico-omo-clavicular complex suggests connection with bipedalism. Oral abstract 25.4 in Integr. Comp. Biol. 49 (suppl 1): e1-e190. doi: 10.1093/icb/icp002.
  • Walker, W. F. & D. G. Homberger. 1993. A Study of the Cat, With References to Human Beings, 5th revised edition. Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia. (Textbook, ISBN 0-71-679296-6)