Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology

Buch | Hardcover
496 Seiten
2008
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-76584-6 (ISBN)

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This integrative volume is the most comprehensive text on primate craniofacial biology and function and includes introductory chapters on how primatologists study adaptations in primates and a discussion of in vivo approaches for studying primate performance.
Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology is an integrative volume with broad coverage of current research on primate craniofacial biology and function. Topic headings include: the mammalian perspective on primate craniofacial form and function, allometric and comparative morphological studies of primate heads, in vivo research on primate mastication, modeling of the primate masticatory apparatus, primate dental form and function, and palaeoanthropologic studies of primate skulls.


Additionally, the volume includes introductory chapters discussing how primatologists study adaptations in primates and a discussion of in vivo approaches for studying primate performance. At present, there are no texts with a similar focus on primate craniofacial biology and no sources that approach this topic from such a wide range of research perspectives. This breadth of research covered by leaders in their respective fields make this volume a unique and innovative contribution to biological anthropology.

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 TheirRelationship 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.

Reihe/Serie Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
Zusatzinfo XXIV, 496 p.
Verlagsort New York, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
ISBN-10 0-387-76584-0 / 0387765840
ISBN-13 978-0-387-76584-6 / 9780387765846
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