Christopher Ruff

 

Christopher Ruff, Ph.D.

Professor
Department 

Lecturer
Department of Biology


Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral.
Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule

 

Functional Anatomy & Evolution

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

1830 E. Monument St., Room 

Baltimore, MD  21205

Office Telephone:
Email:
410-516-7444
cruff@jhmi.edu



[Research Interests] [Representative Publications]


RESEARCH INTERESTS


Biomechanics and primate locomotion
Evolution of the hominoid postcranium
Skeletal growth and development
Osteoporosis
Skeletal remodeling and behavioral reconstruction in human populations
Calculating Moments: a web resource for the NIH Image macro "MomentMacro"



REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS


Ruff, C.B. 2000. Biomechanical analyses of archaeological human skeletal samples. In: M.A. Katzenburg and S.R. Saunders (eds.): Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton. New York: Alan R. Liss, pp. 71-102.

Ruff, C.B. 2002. Long bone articular and diaphyseal structure in Old World monkeys and apes, I: Locomotor effects. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 119: 305-342.
[Click here for tab-delimited text file of primate structural properties data. Note: This file may be saved as a text file and imported into a spreadsheet program (e.g., Excel).]

Ruff, C.B. 2003. Long bone articular and diaphyseal structure in Old World monkeys and apes, II: Estimation of body mass. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 120: 16-37.

Ruff, C.B. 2003. Growth in bone strength, body size, and muscle size in a juvenile longitudinal sample. Bone 33: 317-329.

Ruff, C.B. 2003. Ontogenetic adaptation to bipedalism: Age changes in femoral to humeral length and strength proportions in humans, with a comparison to baboons. J. Hum. Evol. 45: 317-349.


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