Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vinyard, Chris (Editor), Ravosa, Matthew J. (Editor), Wall, Christine (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Series: Developments In Primatology: Progress and Prospects
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Developmental biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Animal anatomy.; Animal physiology.; Anthropology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Physiology.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.; Developmental Biology.

Primates have unusual heads among mammals. Their big brains, relatively short faces and forward-facing eyes are part of a unique combination of traits that have captured the interest of biological anthropologists for decades. Describing the patterns of primate craniofacial evolution as well as sorti...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Perspective on Experimental Research in Biological Anthropology
• Experimental Comparative Anatomy in Physical Anthropology: The Contributions of Dr. William L. Hylander to Studies of Skull Form and Function
• In Vivo Research into Masticatory Function
• A Nonprimate Model for the Fused Symphysis: In Vivo Studies in the Pig
• Symphyseal Fusion in Selenodont Artiodactyls: New Insights from~In Vivo and Comparative Data
• Does the Primate Face Torque?
• Motor Control of Masticatory Movements in the Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)
• Specialization of the Superficial Anterior Temporalis in Baboons for Mastication of Hard Foods
• Modeling Masticatory Apparatus Function
• Effects of Dental Alveoli on the Biomechanical Behavior of the Mandibular Corpus
• Surface Strain on Bone and Sutures in a Monkey Facial Skeleton: An In Vitro Approach and its Relevance to Finite Element Analysis
• Craniofacial Strain Patterns During Premolar Loading: Implications for Human Evolution
• Jaw-Muscle Architecture
• Scaling of Reduced Physiologic Cross-Sectional Area in Primate Muscles of Mastication
• Scaling of the Chewing Muscles in Prosimians
• The Relationship Between Jaw-Muscle Architecture and Feeding Behavior in Primates: Tree-Gouging and Nongouging Gummivorous Callitrichids as a Natural Experiment
• Bone and Dental Morphology
• Relationship Between Three-Dimensional Microstructure and Elastic Properties of Cortical Bone in the Human Mandible and Femur
• Adaptive Plasticity in the Mammalian Masticatory Complex: You AreWhat, and How, You Eat
• Mandibular Corpus Form and Its Functional Significance: Evidence from Marsupials
• Putting Shape to Work: Making Functional Interpretations of~Masticatory Apparatus Shapes in Primates
• Food Physical Properties and Their Relationship to Morphology: The Curious Case of kily
• Convergence and Frontation in Fayum Anthropoid Orbits
• What Else Is the Tall Mandibular Ramus of the Robust Australopiths Good For?
• Framing the Question: Diet and Evolution in Early Homo.