The craniomandibular mechanics of being human

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1700, 2010, Pages 3579-3586

  Wroe, Stephen ^a   Ferrara, Toni L ^a   McHenry, Colin R ^a,b   Curnoe, Darren ^a   Chamoli, Uphar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Form and function; Fossil; Hominoidea

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRANIUM; DENTAL HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MUSCLE; TAXONOMY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

HOMINOIDEA; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 78650050997     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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