The hadropithecus conundrum reconsidered, with implications for interpreting diet in fossil hominins

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1725, 2011, Pages 3654-3661

  Dumont, Elizabeth R ^a   Ryan, Timothy M ^b   Godfrey, Laurie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeolemur; Finite element analysis; Gape; Hadropithecus; Mechanical advantage; Robust australopiths

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DIET; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SKULL;

ARCHAEOLEMUR; HADROPITHECUS; HAPLORHINI; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; STENOGNATHUS;

EID: 80855136385     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0528     Document Type: Article

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