van Casteren A;
Sellers WI, Thorpe SKS, Coward S; Crompton
RH, Ennos AR (2012) Nest Building Orangutans Demonstrate
Engineering Know-How to Produce Safe, Comfortable Beds.
Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences 109, 6873-6877
van Casteren A;
Sellers WI, Thorpe SKS, Coward S; Crompton
RH, Ennos AR (2012) Why don’t branches snap? The mechanics of bending
failure in three temperate angiosperm trees.
Trees-Structure and Function. 26,
789-797
Tecwyn EC; Thorpe SKS; Chappell JM (2012) What cognitive
strategies do orangutans (Pongo
pygmaeus) use to solve a trial-unique puzzle-tube task incorporating
multiple obstacles? Animal Cognition 15:121-133
Myatt JP, Crompton RH, Payne-Davis RC, Savage R, Vereecke EE, Gunther MM,
Thorpe SKS. (2012) Functional adaptations in the forelimb muscles of
non-human great apes. Journal of
Anatomy 220:13-28
Myatt JP, Thorpe SKS (2011) Postural strategies
employed by orangutans (pongo abelii) during feeding in the terminal branch niche.
American Journal of Physical
Anthopology 146:73-82
Myatt JP, Crompton RH, Thorpe SKS (2011) A new method for recording
complex positional behaviors and habitat interactions in primates.
Folia Primatologica 82: 13-24
Myatt JP, Crompton RH, Thorpe SKS (2011). Hindlimb muscle architecture in non-human great apes and a comparison of methods for analysing inter-species variation Journal of Anatomy 219: 150-166
Myatt JP, Schilling N, Thorpe SKS (2011). Distribution Patterns of Fibre
Types in the Triceps Surae Muscle Group of Chimpanzees and Orangutans
Journal of Anatomy 218:402-412
Manduel KL, Morragh-Bernard HC, Thorpe SKS (2011). Locomotor Behavior of
wild orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus
wurmbii) in disturbed peat swamp forest, Sabangau, Central Kalimantan,
Indonesia.
American Journal of Physical
Anthropology 145: 348-359
Badhe SP, Lynch JB, Thorpe SKS, Bainbridge LC (2010) Operative treatment
of Linburg-Comstock Syndrome. Journal
of Bone and Joint Surgery 92B:1728-1781
Crompton RH, Blanchard M, Coward S, Alexander RMcN, Thorpe SKS (2010)
Vertical clinging and leaping revisited: Locomotion and habitat use in the
Western tarsier, Tarsius bancanus
explored through loglinear modelling.
International Journal of Primatology. 31: 958-979
Crompton RH, Sellers WI and Thorpe SKS (2010)
Arborealism, Terrestrialism and Bipedalism.
Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society B
365:
3301-3314
Chappell JM & Thorpe SKS (2010) AI‐Inspired
Biology: Does AI Have Something to Contribute to Biology?
Proceedings of the International
Symposium on AI Inspired Biology. A Symposium at the AISB 2010
Convention, Leicester, UK. SSAISB: The Society for the Study of Artificial
Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour. ISBN: 1902956923
Thorpe, SKS, Holder R and Crompton RH. (2009)
Orangutans employ unique strategies to control branch flexibility
Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences 106 (31): 12646-12651.
Thorpe SKS and Crompton RH. (2009) Orangutan positional
behaviour: inter-specific variation and ecological correlates in
Orangutans: ecology, evolution, behaviour and conservation.
(eds. SA. Wich, SS. Utami, T. Mitra Setia & CP van Schaik).
Crompton RH, Vereeke E and Thorpe SKS. (2008)
Locomotion and posture from the common hominoid ancestor to fully modern
hominins, with special reference to the last common panin/hominin ancestor.
Journal of Anatomy 212 (4):
501-543
Thorpe SKS, Holder R and Crompton RH. (2007b) Origins of Human
Bipedalism, response to Letter. Science 318:1065
Crompton RH and Thorpe SKS (2007) Response To Comment On
“Origin of Human Bipedalism As an Adaptation for Locomotion on Flexible
Branches” Science 318:1066
Thorpe, SKS, Holder R and Crompton RH. (2007) Origin of human
bipedalism as an adaptation for locomotion on flexible branches Science
316:1328-1331
Thorpe, SKS, Crompton RH and Alexander, R.McN. (2007)
Orangutans utilise compliant branches to lower the energetic cost of locomotion.
Biology Letters 3: 253-256
O’Conner CM, Thorpe SKS, O’Mally, MJ and Vaughan, CL. (2007)
Automatic detection of gait events using kinematic data. Gait and Posture
25(3)469-474.
Thorpe SKS, Crompton RH (2006) Orangutan positional behavior
and the nature of arboreal locomotion in Hominoidea American Journal
of Physical Anthropology 131 (3): 384-401.
Isler K, Payne RC, Gunther MM, Savage R, Thorpe SKS, Crompton
RH. Inertial properties of hominoid limb segments Journal
of Anatomy 209 (2): 201-218
Payne RC, Crompton RH, Isler K, Savage R, Vereecke EE, Gunther MM,
Thorpe SKS, D'Aout K (2006) Morphological analysis of the hindlimb in
apes and humans. I. Muscle architecture Journal
of Anatomy 208 (6): 709-724
Payne RC, Crompton RH, Isler K, Savage R, Vereecke EE, Gunther MM,
Thorpe SKS, D'Aout K (2006) Morphological analysis of the hindlimb in
apes and humans. II. Moment arms Journal
of
Anatomy 208 (6): 725-742
Thorpe SKS, Crompton RH (2005) Locomotor ecology of wild
orangutans (Pongo abelii) in the Gunung leuser ecosystem, Sumatra,
Indonesia: A multivariate analysis using log-linear modelling American
Journal of Physical Anthropology 127 (1): 58-78
Thorpe SKS, Crompton RH, Wang W and Alexander R.McN. (2004).
Stresses exerted in the hindlimb muscles of common chimpanzees (pan troglodytes)
during bipedal locomotion. Folia Primatologica 75 (4): 253-265.
Isler K and Thorpe SKS (2003). Characteristics of Vertical
Climbing in wild and captive Sumatran Orang-utans (Pongo abelii)
Journal of Experimental Biology. 206, 4081-4096.
Crompton RH, Li Y, Thorpe SKS, Wang WJ, Savage R, Payne R,
Carey TC, Aerts P, Van Elsacker L, Hofstetter A, Gunther MM, D’Aout K and
DeClerq D. (2003) The Biomechanical Evolution of Erect Bipedality. Courier
Forschuungsinstitut Senckenberg 243:135-146.
Thorpe SKS; Crompton RH and Chamberlain A. Ape models for the
evolution of human bipedalism. (2003). In, Harcourt, C.S. (Ed). Behaviour
and Evolution of Monkeys, Apes and Man. P 231-248. Westbury Academic &
Scientific Publishing: Otley, UK.
Thorpe SKS, Crompton RH, Gunther MM, Ker RF and Alexander R.McN.
(1999). Dimensions and moment arms of the hind- and forelimb muscles of common
chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Physical
Anthropology (110: 179-199).
Thorpe SKS, Li Y, Crompton RH and Alexander R.McN. (1998).
Stresses in human leg muscles in running and jumping determined by force plate
analysis and published magnetic resonance images. Journal of Experimental
Biology. (201: 63-70).
