An interspecific analysis of relative jaw-joint height in primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-530

  Armfield, Brooke A ^a,b   Vinyard, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basicranial flexion; Craniofacial growth; Facial kyphosis; Posterior facial height

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CRANIAL BASE ANGLE; FACE; JAW; JAW JOINT HEIGHT; KYPHOSIS; MASTICATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SKULL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL; STREPSIRHINI; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 77954500921     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21251     Document Type: Article

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