Primate craniofacial function and biology /

Primate craniofacial function and biology /

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Imprint:New York ; London : Springer, c2008.
Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 496 p.) : ill.
Language:English
Series:Developments in primatology
Developments in primatology.
Subject:
Primates -- Anatomy.
Skull.
Face.
Primates -- Evolution.
Physical anthropology.
Face.
Physical anthropology.
Primates -- Anatomy.
Primates -- Evolution.
Skull.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8886835
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Other authors / contributors:Vinyard, Christopher James.
Ravosa, Matthew J.
Wall, Christine E.
ISBN:9780387765853
0387765859
0387765840
9780387765846
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:Covers the research on primate craniofacial biology and function. This work includes introductory chapters discussing how primatologists study adaptations in primates and a discussion of in vivo approaches for studying primate performance.
Other form:Print version: Primate craniofacial function and biology. New York ; London : Springer, c2008 9780387765846 0387765840
Table of Contents:
  • Experimental comparative anatomy in physical anthropology : the contributions of Dr. William L. Hylander to studies of skull form and function / Daniel Schmitt, Christine E. Wall, and Pierre Lemelin
  • A nonprimate model for the fused symphysis : in vivo studies in the pig / Susan W. Herring ... [et al.]
  • Symphyseal fusion in selenodont artiodactyls : new insights from in vivo and comparative data / Susan H. Williams ... [et al.]
  • Does the primate face torque? / Callum F. Ross
  • Motor control of masticatory movements in the southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) / Alfred W. Crompton ... [et al.]
  • Specialization of the superficial anterior temporalis in baboons for mastication of hard foods / Christine E. Wall ... [et al.]
  • Effects of dental alveoli on the biomechanical behavior of the mandibular corpus / David J. Daegling, Jennifer L. Hotzman, and Andrew J. Rapoff
  • Surface strain on bone and sutures in a monkey facial skeleton : an in vitro approach and its relevance to finite element analysis / Qian Wang ... [et al.]
  • Craniofacial strain patterns during premolar loading : implications for human evolution / David S. Strait ... [et al.]
  • Scaling of reduced physiologic cross-sectional area in primate muscles of mastication / Fred Anapol, Nazima Shahnoor, and Callum F. Ross
  • Scaling of the chewing muscles in prosimians / Jonathan M.G. Perry and Christine E. Wall
  • The relationship between jaw-muscle architecture and feeding behavior in primates : tree-gouging and nongouging gummivorous callitrichids as a natural experiment / Andrea B. Taylor and Christopher J. Vinyard
  • Relationship between three-dimensional microstructure and elastic properties of cortical bone in the human mandible and femur / Paul C. Dechow, Dong Hwa Chung, and Mitra Bolouri
  • Adaptive plasticity in the mammalian masticatory complex : you are what, and how, you eat / Matthew J. Ravosa ... [et al.]
  • Mandibular corpus form and its functional significance : evidence from marsupials / Aaron S. Hogue
  • Putting shape to work : making functional interpretations of masticatory apparatus shapes in primates / Christopher J. Vinyard
  • Food physical properties and their relationship to morphology : the curious case of kily / Nayuta Yamashita
  • Convergence and frontation in Fayum anthropoid orbits / Elwyn L. Simons
  • What else is the tall mandibular ramus of the robust australopiths good for? / Yoel Rak and William L. Hylander
  • Framing the question : diet and evolution in early Homo / Susan C. Anton.

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