Mechanical impact of incisor loading on the primate midfacial skeleton and its relevance to human evolution

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 607-617

  Wang, Qian ^a   Wright, Barth W ^b   Smith, Amanda ^c   Chalk, Janine ^d   Byron, Craig D ^e  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial projection; Inuit; Midface; Neanderthals; Paramasticatory behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; FACE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INCISOR; MALE; MASTICATION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; FACIAL BONES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOSSILS; HUMANS; INCISOR; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PRIMATES; SOFTWARE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

MACACA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77950906628     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21123     Document Type: Article

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