Human feeding biomechanics: Performance, variation, and functional constraints

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Volumn 2016, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Ledogar, Justin A ^a,b   Dechow, Paul C ^c   Wang, Qian ^c   Gharpure, Poorva H ^c   Gordon, Adam D ^b   Baab, Karen L ^d   Smith, Amanda L ^b,e   Weber, Gerhard W ^f   Grosse, Ian R ^g   Ross, Callum F ^h   Richmond, Brian G ^i,j   Wright, Barth W ^k   Byron, Craig ^l   Wroe, Stephen ^a   Strait, David S ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^k KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^l MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bone strain; Cranium; Evolution; Loading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHIMPANZEE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAN TROGLODYTES; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84981502077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2242     Document Type: Article

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