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

Neil T. Roach (), Madhusudhan Venkadesan, Michael J. Rainbow and Daniel E. Lieberman
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Neil T. Roach: Harvard 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

Nature, 2013, vol. 498, issue 7455, 483-486

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.

Date: 2013
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