Jaw-muscle fiber architecture in tufted capuchins favors generating relatively large muscle forces without compromising jaw gape

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 710-720

  Taylor, Andrea B ^a,b   Vinyard, Christopher J ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus; Early hominin diet; Feeding behavior; Fiber length; Masseter; PCSA; Temporalis

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; DISSIPATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MUSCLE;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS ALBIFRONS; CEBUS APELLA; CEBUS CAPUCINUS;

EID: 70449726468     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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