The influence of masticatory loading on craniofacial morphology: A test case across technological transitions in the Ohio valley

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-314

  Paschetta, Carolina ^a   De Azevedo, Soledad ^a   Castillo, Lucía ^b   Martínez Abadías, Neus ^c,e   Hernández, Miquel ^c   Lieberman, Daniel E ^d   González José, Rolando ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; Masticatory stress; Skull shape; Technological transition; Upper middle Ohio valley

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FOOD PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MASTICATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 75149123578     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21151     Document Type: Article

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