Size and scaling in the mandible of living and extinct apes

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 305-322

  Ravosa, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Catarrhini; Fossils; Hominoidea; Mandible; Masticatory biomechanics; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; JAW; MANDIBLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; JAW; MANDIBLE;

EID: 0034277862     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021754     Document Type: Article

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