Evolution of the Muscles of Facial Expression in a Monogamous Ape: Evaluating the Relative Influences of Ecological and Phylogenetic Factors in Hylobatids

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 645-663

  Burrows, Anne M ^a,b   Diogo, Rui ^c   Waller, Bridget M ^d   Bonar, Christopher J ^e   Liebal, Katja ^d,f,g  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e Dallas World Aquarium   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Facial muscle; Gibbon; Mimetic muscle; Siamang

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HYLOBATIDAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HYLOBATES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HOMINOIDEA; HYLOBATIDAE; MACACA MULATTA; PAN; PRIMATES; SYMPHALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS;

EID: 79952715010     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21355     Document Type: Article

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