Christopher Scott Walker

Age and early life adversity shape heterogeneity of the epigenome across tissues in macaques

Sadoughi, B., Petersen, R., Patterson, S. K., Slikas, E., Adjandba, C., Ryan, N., … Lea, A. J. (2025, July 18).

Long legs and small joints: The locomotor capabilities of Homo naledi

Chapman, T. J., Walker, C., Churchill, S. E., Marchi, D., Vereecke, E. E., DeSilva, J. M., … Throckmorton, Z. (2025, January 21). Journal of Anatomy.

Evolutionary and biomedical implications of sex differences in the primate brain transcriptome

DeCasien, A. R., Chiou, K. L., Testard, C., Mercer, A., Valle, J. E. N.-D., Surratt, S. E. B., … Snyder-Mackler, N. (2024, June 27). Cell Genomics.

Multiregion transcriptomic profiling of the primate brain reveals signatures of aging and the social environment

Chiou, K. L., DeCasien, A. R., Rees, K. P., Testard, C., Spurrell, C. H., Gogate, A. A., … Snyder-Mackler, N. (2022, November 24). Nature Neuroscience.

Social connections predict brain structure in a multidimensional free-ranging primate society

Testard, C., Brent, L. J. N., Andersson, J., Chiou, K. L., Valle, J. E. N.-D., DeCasien, A. R., … Sallet, J. (2022, April 13). Science Advances.

The immature Homo naledi ilium from the Lesedi Chamber, Rising Star Cave, South Africa

Cofran, Z., VanSickle, C., Valenzuela, R., García‐Martínez, D., Walker, C. S., Hawks, J., … Berger, L. R. (2022, April 16). American Journal of Biological Anthropology.

Evaluating bony predictors of bite force across the order Carnivora

Dickinson, E., Davis, J. S., Deutsch, A. R., Patel, D., Nijhawan, A., Patel, M., … Hartstone‐Rose, A. (2021, July 27). Journal of Morphology, Vol. 8.

Internal structural properties of the humeral diaphyses in an early modern human from Tianyuan Cave, China

Wei, P., Zhao, Y., Walker, C. S., He, J., Lu, X., Hui, J., … Liu, W. (2021, April 19). Quaternary International.

Sociality predicts individual variation in the immunity of free-ranging rhesus macaques

Pavez-Fox, M. A., Valle, J. E. N.-D., Thompson, I. J., Walker, C. S., Bauman, S. E., Gonzalez, O., … Brent, L. J. N. (2021, August 25). Physiology & Behavior.

Effect of Poly(vinyl butyral) Comonomer Sequence on Adhesion to Amorphous Silica: A Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Study

Walker, C. C., Genzer, J., & Santiso, E. E. (2020, September 14). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 12, pp. 47879–47890.

Extending the fused-sphere SAFT-γ Mie force field parameterization approach to poly(vinyl butyral) copolymers

Walker, C. C., Genzer, J., & Santiso, E. E. (2020, January 28). The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 152.

Predicting body mass of bonobos (Pan paniscus) with human‐based morphometric equations

Yapuncich, G. S., Bowie, A., Belais, R., Churchill, S. E., & Walker, C. S. (2020, January 21). American Journal of Primatology.

Development of a fused-sphere SAFT-γ Mie force field for poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(ethylene)

Walker, C. C., Genzer, J., & Santiso, E. E. (2019, January 16). The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 150.

Femoral neck and shaft structure in Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber (Rising Star System, South Africa)

Friedl, L., Claxton, A. G., Walker, C. S., Churchill, S. E., Holliday, T. W., Hawks, J., … Marchi, D. (2019, June 25). Journal of Human Evolution.

Molecular simulation of polymers with a SAFT-γ Mie approach

Pervaje, A. K., Walker, C. C., & Santiso, E. E. (2019, August 13). Molecular Simulation.

Morphology of the Homo naledi femora from Lesedi

Walker, C. S., Cofran, Z. D., Grabowski, M., Marchi, D., Cook, R. W., Churchill, S. E., … DeSilva, J. M. (2019, June 22). American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Morphological Identification of Hair Recovered from Feces for Detection of Cannibalism in Eastern Chimpanzees

Walker, C. S., Walker, K. K., Paulo, G., & Pusey, A. E. (2018, February 14). Folia Primatologica.

Morphometric panel regression equations for predicting body mass in immature humans

Yapuncich, G. S., Churchill, S. E., Cameron, N., & Walker, C. S. (2018, January 25). American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Dental development in Homo naledi

Cofran, Z., & Walker, C. S. (2017, August 1). Biology Letters.

Evaluating morphometric body mass prediction equations with a juvenile human test sample: accuracy and applicability to small-bodied hominins

Journal of Human Evolution, 115, 65–77.

Maturation is prolonged and variable in female chimpanzees

Walker, K. K., Walker, C. S., Goodall, J., & Pusey, A. E. (2017, November 20). Journal of Human Evolution.

New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa

Hawks, J., Elliott, M., Schmid, P., Churchill, S. E., Ruiter, D. J., Roberts, E. M., … Berger, L. R. (2017, May 8). ELife.

Home‐range size in large‐bodied carnivores as a model for predicting neandertal territory size

Churchill, S. E., Walker, C. S., & Schwartz, A. M. (2016, May 6). Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews.

The thigh and leg of Homo naledi

Marchi, D., Walker, C. S., Wei, P., Holliday, T. W., Churchill, S. E., Berger, L. R., & DeSilva, J. M. (2016, November 15). Journal of Human Evolution.

The upper limb of Homo naledi

Feuerriegel, E. M., Green, D. J., Walker, C. S., Schmid, P., Hawks, J., Berger, L. R., & Churchill, S. E. (2016, November 10). Journal of Human Evolution.

Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

ELife, 4.

Territory size in Canis lupus: implications for Neandertal mobility

In K. Carlson & D. Marchi (Eds.), Reconstructing mobility: environmental, behavioral, and morphological determinants. New York: Springer.

The Lower Limb and Mechanics of Walking in Australopithecus sediba

Science, 340(6129), 1232999–1232999.