Masticatory stress, orbital orientation and the evolution of the primate postorbital bar

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 667-693

  Ravosa, Matthew J ^a,b   Noble, Vivian E ^a   Hylander, William L ^c   Johnson, Kirk R ^c   Kowalski, Erica M ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Circumorbital form and function; Fossils; Masticatory stress

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; SKULL;

ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; GALAGO; PLESIADAPIFORMES; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034042176     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0380     Document Type: Article

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