Anthropoid origins and the modern symphysis

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-78

  Ravosa, Matthew J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Diet; Fossils; Functional morphology; Mandibular kinematics; Mandibular symphyseal fusion; Masticatory biomechanics; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; HAPLORHINI;

EID: 0033105990     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021678     Document Type: Review

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