CSU Health and Medical Center; 4th Floor
151 W Lake St, Fort Collins, CO 80524
ejmcnutt@colostate.edu
Ellison.McNutt@cuanschutz.edu
Published Work
Publications and Conference Talks
Published
2021
McNutt, E.J., Hatala, K.G., Miller, C., Adams, J., Casana, J., Deane, A.D., Dominy, N.J., Fabian, K., Fannin, L.D., Gaughan, S., Gill, S.V., Gurtu, J., Gustafson, E., Hill, A.C., Johnson, C., Kallindo, S., Kilham, B., Kilham, P., Kim, E., Liutkus-Pierce, C., Maley, B., Prabhat, A., Reader, J., Rubin, S., Thompson, N.E., Thornburg, R., Williams-Hatala, E.M., Zimmer, B., Musiba, C.M., DeSilva, J.M. Footprint evidence of early hominin locomotor diversity at Laetoli, Tanzania. Nature (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04187-7
2020
McNutt, E.J., DeSilva, J.M. Evidence for an elongated Achilles tendon in Australopithecus. The Anatomical Record. 303(9), 2382-2391.
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DeSilva, J. M., McNutt, E.J., Zipfel, B., Ward, C. V., & Kimbel, W. H. (2020). Associated Australopithecus afarensis second and third metatarsals (AL 333-133) from Hadar, Ethiopia. Journal of human evolution, 146, 102848.
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Heard-Booth, A., Kuo, S., McNutt, E.J., DeSilva, J. In press. The primate midfoot and human longitudinal arch. In: Zeininger, A., Hatala, K., Wunderlich, R., Schmitt, D. (Eds.) Evolution of the Primate Foot. New York: Springer.
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DeSilva, J., McNutt, E.J., Zipfel, B. In press. The early hominin foot. In: Zeininger, A., Hatala, K., Wunderlich, R., Schmitt, D. (Eds.) Evolution of the Primate Foot. New York: Springer.
2019
McNutt, E.J. Plantigrade Adaptations in the Primate Calcaneus. PhD Dissertation. Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH. Available through Proquest
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DeSilva, J., McNutt, E.J., Benoit, J., Zipfel, B. (2019). One Small Step: A review of Plio-Pleistocene hominin foot evolution. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. S67: 63-140.
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de Greef, J.C., Slütter, B., Anderson, M.E., Hamlyn, R., Landa, R.O.C., McNutt, E.J., Hara, Y., Pewe, L.L., Venzke, D., Matsumura, K. and Saito, F. (2019) Protective role for the N-terminal domain of α-dystroglycan in Influenza A virus proliferation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(23), 11396-11401.
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2018
DeSilva, J.M., Carlson, K.J., Claxton, A.G., Harcourt-Smith, W., McNutt, E.J., Sylvester, A.D., Walker, C.S., Zipfel, B., Churchill, S.E., Berger, L.R. (2018). Australopithecus sediba: The Anatomy of the Lower Limb Skeleton of Australopithecus sediba. PaleoAnthropology 357: 405.
McNutt, E.J., Zipfel, B., DeSilva, J.M. (2018). The evolution of the human foot. Evol Anthropol. 1–21.
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Boyle, E., McNutt, E.J., Sasaki, T., Suwa, G., Zipfel, B., DeSilva, J. (2018). A quantification of calcaneal lateral plantar process positioning with implications for bipedal variation in Australopithecus. Journal of Human Evolution. 123:24-34.
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DeSilva, J.M., McNutt, E.J. (2018). Bipedalism. In: The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology, Wenda Trevathan (ed). John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
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2017
McNutt, E.J., Claxton, A. G., Carlson, K. J. (2017). Revisiting the peroneal trochlea of the StW 352 calcaneus. South African Journal of Science, 113(11-12), 1-5.
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*I am open to collaborations and data sharing. Please reach out by email with questions/requests.*
In Submission
Papers and Posters Presented at Professional Conferences
2020
McNutt, E.J. Testing the role of body size in the transition from semi-digitigrady to plantigrady in primates: a case study using the calcanei of Theropithecus oswaldi. 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology. Los Angeles, CA--Meeting impacted by the Global COVID-19 pandemic
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2019
McNutt, E.J. Identifying plantigrade adaptations in Miocene hominoids with implications for hominin bipedalism. 88th Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology. Cleveland, OH.
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Reed, J.A., Kilham, B., McNutt, E.J., Crosswait, A.G., Voegele, G.M. Superficial Neck Vasculature of the American Black Bear and its implications for Intramuscular Tranquilization. Experimental Biology 2019 Meeting. Orlando, FL.
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Voegele, G.M., McNutt, E.J. An Innovative Approach to Human Gross Anatomy for Undergraduates. Experimental Biology 2019 Meeting. Orlando, FL.
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2018
McNutt, E.J., DeSilva, J.M. Geometric Morphometric Analysis of the Hominin Calcaneus. 87th Annual Meeting of the American Associations of Physical Anthropology. Austin, TX.
DeSilva, J.M., McNutt, E.J., Zipfel, B., Kimbel, W.H. Associated Australopithecus afarensis second and third metatarsals (A.L. 333-133) from Hadar, Ethiopia. 87th Annual Meeting of the American Associations of Physical Anthropology. Austin, TX.
McNutt, E.J., Kilham, B., Casana, J.J., Gill, S., Hatala, K.G., Hill, A.C., Johnson, C., Kilham, P., Reader, J., Thompson, N.E., DeSilva, J.M. Re-assessing the Ursid Hypothesis for the Laetoli “A” Bipedal Trackway. 2018 Meeting of the PaleoAnthropology Society. Austin, TX.
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2017
McNutt, E.J., Claxton, A.G. and Carlson, K.J. (2017). Re-examining the Peroneal Trochlea of the StW 352 Calcaneus. 86th Annual Meeting of the American Associations of Physical Anthropology. New Orleans, LA.
2016
McNutt, E.J., DeSilva, J.M. The relationship between superior calcaneal facet area and Achilles tendon length in Primates. Presented at the 85th meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Atlanta, GA.
Swanson, Z.S., DeSilva, J.M., Boyle, E.K., Joseph, K.M., McNutt, E.J. Variation in Lateral Plantar Process Position and Functional Implications in Living Humans. Presented at the 85th meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Atlanta, GA.