About the Authors

Meghan M. Cotter

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Musculoskeletal Mechanics and Materials Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Human Origins, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

David A. Loomis

Affiliation Musculoskeletal Mechanics and Materials Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Scott W. Simpson

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Human Origins, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Bruce Latimer

Affiliations Center for Human Origins, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Christopher J. Hernandez

cjh275@cornell.edu

Affiliations Center for Human Origins, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJH BL SWS MMC. Performed the experiments: MMC DAL. Analyzed the data: MMC DAL SWS BL CJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMC DAL. Wrote the paper: MMC SWS CJH BL.