The Feeding Biomechanics and Dietary Ecology of Paranthropus boisei

Anatomical Record

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 145-167

  Smith, Amanda L ^a   Benazzi, Stefano ^b,c   Ledogar, Justin A ^a   Tamvada, Kelli ^a   Pryor Smith, Leslie C ^d   Weber, Gerhard W ^e   Spencer, Mark A ^f,g   Lucas, Peter W ^h   Michael, Shaji ^h   Shekeban, Ali ^h   Al Fadhalah, Khaled ^h   Almusallam, Abdulwahab S ^h   Dechow, Paul C ^d   Grosse, Ian R ⁱ   Ross, Callum F ^j   Madden, Richard H ^j   Richmond, Brian G ^k,l,m   Wright, Barth W ⁿ   Wang, Qian ^o   Byron, Craig ^p   Slice, Dennis E ^e,q   Wood, Sarah ⁱ   Dzialo, Christine ⁱ   Berthaume, Michael A ^r,s   van Casteren, Adam ^c,h   Strait, David S ^a   more..

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g South Mountain Community College   (United States)

^h KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

ⁱ University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^k THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^m DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

ⁿ KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^o MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Feeding biomechanics; Functional morphology; Geometric morphometrics

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARANTHROPUS; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI; PRIMATES;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; DIET; EATING; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HOMINID; MASTICATION; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH ARCH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BITE FORCE; DENTAL ARCH; DIET; EATING; ECOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HOMINIDAE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKULL;

EID: 84919752660     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.23073     Document Type: Article

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