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Elastic energy storage in the shoulder and the evolution of high-speed throwing in Homo

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  • Neil T. Roach

    (Harvard University
    Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, The George Washington University)

  • Madhusudhan Venkadesan

    (National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, Karnataka 560065, India)

  • Michael J. Rainbow

    (Spaulding National Running Center, Harvard Medical School)

  • Daniel E. Lieberman

    (Harvard University)

Abstract

Humans are able to throw projectiles with high speed and accuracy largely as a result of anatomical features that enable elastic energy storage and release at the shoulder; features that first appear together approximately 2 million years ago in Homo erectus, possibly as a means to hunt.

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  • Neil T. Roach & Madhusudhan Venkadesan & Michael J. Rainbow & Daniel E. Lieberman, 2013. "Elastic energy storage in the shoulder and the evolution of high-speed throwing in Homo," Nature, Nature, vol. 498(7455), pages 483-486, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:498:y:2013:i:7455:d:10.1038_nature12267
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12267
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    1. Hwai-Ting Lin & Yu-Chuan Lin & You-Li Chou & Hung-Chien Wu & Rong-Tyai Wang & Paul Pei-His Chou, 2020. "Effect of Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit on Shoulder in Baseball Pitchers during Fastball Pitching," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-11, November.
    2. Lin Zhang & Beibei Sun & Fei Shu & Ying Huang, 2022. "Comparing paper level classifications across different methods and systems: an investigation of Nature publications," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 127(12), pages 7633-7651, December.

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