Micro-biomechanics of the Kebara 2 hyoid and its implications for speech in Neanderthals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  D'Anastasio, Ruggero ^a   Wroe, Stephen ^b   Tuniz, Claudio ^c,d   Mancini, Lucia ^e   Cesana, Deneb T ^a   Dreossi, Diego ^e   Ravichandiran, Mayoorendra ^f   Attard, Marie ^g   Parr, William C H ^g   Agur, Anne ^f   Capasso, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GEOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYOID BONE; ISRAEL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SPEECH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; NEANDERTHALS;

EID: 84893183741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082261     Document Type: Article

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