In this review the biomechanical behavior of the mandibular bone tissue, and of the
mandibular bone as a whole, in response to external loading is discussed. A survey is given …

Geometric morphometrics (GM) has increasingly become an important tool in assessing and
studying shape variation in a wide variety of taxa. While the GM toolkit has unparalleled …

The first edition of Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists has been the primary resource for
teaching modern geometric methods of shape analysis to biologists who have a stronger …

A quantitative analysis of occlusal microwear on the protoconal facets of maxillary
permanent second molars of southern African specimens of Australopithecus and …

The Skull of Lizards and Tuatara Page 1 1 The Skull of Lizards and Tuatara SuSan E. EvanS
ConTenTS I. Introduction 1 A. Definitions and Scope 1 B. Previous Literature on the …

Changes in the technology of food preparation over the last few thousand years (especially
cooking, softening, and grinding) are hypothesized to have contributed to smaller facial size …

Rosette strain gage, electromyography (EMG), and cineradiographic techniques were used
to analyze loading patterns and jaw movements during mastication in Macaca fascicularis …

The relationship between human craniofacial morphology and the biomechanical efficiency
of bite force generation in widely varying muscular and skeletal types is unknown. To …

All Vertebrates Increase In Size during development: some such as alligators and bears may
grow as much as three orders of magnitude from newborn to adult. Similarly, within the …

The purpose of this study is to test various masticatory‐stress hypotheses about the
evolution and function of well‐developed browridges of higher primates. This was done by …