Cranial Suture Morphology and its Relationship to Diet in Cebus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 649-655

  Byron, Craig D ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus; Functional Morphology; Mandible; Mastication; Sagittal Suture

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEXITY; CRANIUM; DIET; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; SKULL;

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS ALBIFRONS; CEBUS APELLA; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; CEBUS OLIVACEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 70449701462     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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