Publications

Swan KR, Ives R, Tsegai ZJ, Humphrey LT. 2026. Developmental differences in cortical bone structure in chimpanzee and human femora reflect early locomotor independence in humans. The Anatomical Record

Pietrobelli A, Cazenave M, Synek A, Bachmann S, Skinner MM, Kivell TL, Tsegai ZJ. 2026. Integration of distal tibial shape and internal trabecular bone structure among catarrhine primates. Proc Biol Sci. 293(2069):20260126.

Cazenave M, Pietrobelli A, Luková A, Bachmann S, Caruana MV, Clarke RJ, Dunmore CJ, Hammond AS, Heaton JL, Heile AJ, Hoffman J, Kuman K, Pahr DH, Smith CM, Stratford D, Synek A, Tsegai ZJ, Kivell TL, Pickering TR, Skinner MM. Swartkrans Paranthropus and Sterkfontein Australopithecus from southern Africa had different locomotor repertoires. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123:(20)e2532193123

Farrell HN, Schwartz R, Tsegai ZJ, Alemseged Z. 2025. Locomotor signals in the trabecular structure of the hominoid clavicle. Journal of Anatomy, 247, 284–303.

Spear JK*, Kuo S*, Gidmark NJ, Granatosky MC, Laird MF, Tsegai ZJ, Ward CV, Ross CF. 2025. Comparison of ankle dorsiflexion using XROMM and external angular kinematics in a quadrupedally walking macaque Journal of Experimental Biology 228 (17): jeb251088.

Natahi S, Neubauer S, Tsegai ZJ, Hublin J-J, Gunz P. Can cranial vault thickness explain endocranial shape differences between Neanderthals and present-day humans? 2025. Journal of Human Evolution 204:103683.

Swan KR, Tsegai ZJ, Ives R, Humphrey LT. 2025. Restructuring of cortical bone during growth and locomotor development of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). American Journal of Biological Anthropology 186: e25045.

Lukova A, Dunmore CJ, Tsegai ZJ, Bachmann S, Synek A and Skinner MM. 2024. Technical Note: Does scan resolution or downsampling impact the analysis of trabecular bone architecture? American Journal of Biological Anthropology e25023.

Syeda SM, Tsegai ZJ, Cazenave M, Skinner MM, Kivell TL. 2024.Cortical bone architecture of hominid intermediate phalanges reveals functional signals of locomotion and manipulation. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 184(1), e24902.

Syeda SM, Tsegai ZJ, Cazenave M, Skinner MM, Kivell TL. 2023. Cortical bone distribution of the proximal phalanges in great apes and its implications for reconstruction of manual behaviours. Journal of Anatomy 243, 707–728.

Deckers K, Tsegai ZJ, Skinner MM, Zeininger A, Kivell TL. 2022. Ontogenetic changes to metacarpal trabecular bone in mountain and western lowland gorillas. Journal of Anatomy. 241(1):82-100.

Colombo A, Stephens NB, Tsegai ZJ, Bettuzzi M, Morigi NB, Belcastro MG, Hublin J-J. 2019. Trabecular analysis of the distal radial metaphysis during the acquisition of crawling and bipedal walking in childhood: A preliminary study. BMSAP, 31(1-2), 43-51.

Tsegai ZJ, Skinner MM, Pahr DH, Hublin J-J, Kivell TL. (2018). Ontogeny and variability of trabecular bone in the chimpanzee humerus, femur and tibia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 167(4), 713-736.

Tsegai ZJ, Skinner MM, Pahr DH, Hublin J-J, Kivell TL. 2018. Systemic patterns of trabecular bone across the human and chimpanzee skeleton. Journal of Anatomy, 232(4), 641-656.

Tsegai ZJ, Skinner MM, Gee AH, Pahr DH, Treece GM, Hublin J-J, Kivell TL. 2017. Trabecular and cortical bone structure of the talus and distal tibia in Pan and Homo. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 163(4), 784-805.

Tsegai ZJ*, Stephens NB*, Treece GM, Skinner MM, Kivell TL, Gee AH. 2017. Cortical bone mapping: An application to hand and foot bones in hominoids. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 16(5-6), 690-701.

Skinner MM, Stephens NB, Tsegai ZJ, Foote AC, Nguyen HN, Gross T, Pahr DH, Hublin J-J, Kivell TL. 2015. Human-like hand use in Australopithecus africanus. Science, 347(6220), 395-399.

Skinner MM, Stephens NB, Tsegai ZJ, Foote AC, Nguyen HN, Gross T, Pahr DH, Hublin J-J, Kivell TL. 2015. Response to Comment on “Human-like hand use in Australopithecus africanus”. Science, 348(6239), 1101 -1101.

Tsegai ZJ, Kivell TL, Gross T, Nguyen HN, Pahr DH, Smaers JB, Skinner MM. 2013. Trabecular bone structure correlates with hand posture and use in hominoids. PLoS One, 8(11): e78781.