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Running performance in Australopithecus afarensis
By
Karl T. Bates^1*, Sian McCormack^1, Evie Donald^2, Samuel Coatham^3, Charlotte A. Brassey^4, James Charles^1, Thomas O’Mahoney^5, Pasha A. van Bijlert^6,7 & William I. Sellers^3
^1Department of Musculoskeletal & Ageing Science, Institute of Life Course & Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, The William Henry Duncan Building, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool L7 8TX, UK;
^2School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing, University of Sunderland, Dale 004, Sciences Complex, Chester Road, Sunderland, SR1 3SD, UK;
^3School of Natural Sciences, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK;
^4Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, UK;
^5School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
^6Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Vening Meinesz Building A, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB Utrecht, The Netherlands;
^7Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands
 
*Corresponding author. Email: k.t.bates@liverpool.ac.uk

DataCat repository includes the GaitSym (version 2017) model file and associated bone geometry (.obj) files for the MDA models of Australopithecus afarensis and a human, as described in the above publication. Data is organised in the following directories within 2 .zip folders, as follows:

AuAfarensis.zip contains:
\AuAfarensis = This contains the two main version of the Au. afarensis model, as follows: (1) AuAfarensis_Human_TS_Architecture.xml, which has human-like triceps surae architecture, and (2) AuAfaresnsis_NHA_TS_Architecture.xml, which has non-human ape-like triceps surae architecture.

\AuAfarensis\Bones = This contains the bone geometry (.obj) files associated with the Au. afarensis model.

\AuAfarensis\ConvexHulls = This contains the expanded convex hulls used to represent body segment properties in the Au. afarensis model.

Human.zip contains:
\Human = This contains the two main version of the Human model, as follows: (1) HumanModel_Normal.xml, which has human-like triceps surae architecture, and (2) HumanModel_NHA_TS_Architecture.xml, which has non-human ape-like triceps surae architecture.

\Human\Bones = This contains the bone geometry (.obj) files associated with the Human model.

GaitSym software and associated tools for viewing and manipulating the MDA models presented here is available from GitHub <http://github.com/wol101>