Media Highlights Findings From Anatomy Expert
New research from Associate Professor of Anatomy Nathan Thompson, Ph.D., was published in (PNAS). The paper’s findings provided new insight around the origin of humans’ heel-toe walking pattern and garnered media coverage in noteworthy outlets including , and .
Thompson noted, 鈥淲alking on two legs with the heel-strike pattern鈥攚hile not the best strategy in terms of force鈥攎ay have provided our early ancestors with enough energy to explore, traveling longer and further than any other primate.鈥�
Other news coverage included , , and , as well as several international outlets like MSN in and , in The Netherlands, in Australia, and in Mexico.