Cross-sectional geometric properties of the Otavipithecus mandible

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 613-623

  Schwartz, Gary T ^a   Conroy, Glenn C ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Functional morphology; Mandibular biomechanics; Otavipithecus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMINID; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029931862     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199604)99:4<613::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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