Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology

  • Book
  • © 2008

Overview

Editors:
  1. Chris Vinyard

    1. Department of Anatomy, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, Rootstown, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Matthew J. Ravosa

    1. University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  3. Christine Wall

    1. Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • All chapters are written by experts currently doing research in fields ranging from developmental biology and genetics to the study of primate diets in remote areas of the world
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIV
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Historical Perspective on Experimental Research in Biological Anthropology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Experimental Comparative Anatomy in Physical Anthropology: The Contributions of Dr. William L. Hylander to Studies of Skull Form and Function

      • Daniel Schmitt, Christine E. Wall, Pierre Lemelin
      Pages 3-16

  3. In Vivo Research into Masticatory Function

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-18
      Download chapter PDF

    2. A Nonprimate Model for the Fused Symphysis: In Vivo Studies in the Pig

      • Susan W. Herring, Katherine L. Rafferty, Zi Jun Liu, Zongyang Sun
      Pages 19-37

    3. Symphyseal Fusion in Selenodont Artiodactyls: New Insights from~In Vivo and Comparative Data

      • Susan H. Williams, Christine E. Wall, Christopher J. Vinyard, William L. Hylander
      Pages 39-61

    4. Does the Primate Face Torque?

      • Callum F. Ross
      Pages 63-81

    5. Motor Control of Masticatory Movements in the Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)

      • Alfred W. Crompton, Daniel E. Lieberman, Tomasz Owerkowicz, Russell V. Baudinette, Jayne Skinner
      Pages 83-111

    6. Specialization of the Superficial Anterior Temporalis in Baboons for Mastication of Hard Foods

      • Christine E. Wall, Christopher J. Vinyard, Susan H. Williams, Kirk R. Johnson, William L. Hylander
      Pages 113-124

  4. Modeling Masticatory Apparatus Function

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-126
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Effects of Dental Alveoli on the Biomechanical Behavior of the Mandibular Corpus

      • David J. Daegling, Jennifer L. Hotzman, Andrew J. Rapoff
      Pages 127-148

    3. Surface Strain on Bone and Sutures in a Monkey Facial Skeleton: An In Vitro Approach and its Relevance to Finite Element Analysis

      • Qian Wang, Paul C. Dechow, Barth W. Wright, Callum F. Ross, David S. Strait, Brian G. Richmond et al.
      Pages 149-172

    4. Craniofacial Strain Patterns During Premolar Loading: Implications for Human Evolution

      • David S. Strait, Barth W. Wright, Brian G. Richmond, Callum F. Ross, Paul C. Dechow, Mark A. Spencer et al.
      Pages 173-198

  5. Jaw-Muscle Architecture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-200
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Scaling of Reduced Physiologic Cross-Sectional Area in Primate Muscles of Mastication

      • Fred Anapol, Nazima Shahnoor, Callum F. Ross
      Pages 201-216

    3. Scaling of the Chewing Muscles in Prosimians

      • Jonathan M.G. Perry, Christine E. Wall
      Pages 217-240

    4. The Relationship Between Jaw-Muscle Architecture and Feeding Behavior in Primates: Tree-Gouging and Nongouging Gummivorous Callitrichids as a Natural Experiment

      • Andrea B. Taylor, Christopher J. Vinyard
      Pages 241-262

  6. Bone and Dental Morphology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-264
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Relationship Between Three-Dimensional Microstructure and Elastic Properties of Cortical Bone in the Human Mandible and Femur

      • Paul C. Dechow, Dong Hwa Chung, Mitra Bolouri
      Pages 265-292

    3. Adaptive Plasticity in the Mammalian Masticatory Complex: You AreWhat, and How, You Eat

      • Matthew J. Ravosa, Elisabeth K. Lopez, Rachel A. Menegaz, Stuart R. Stock, M. Sharon Stack, Mark W. Hamrick
      Pages 293-328
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology is an integrative volume with broad coverage of current research on primate craniofacial biology and function. Topic headings include: the mammalian perspective on primate craniofacial form and function, allometric and comparative morphological studies of primate heads, in vivo research on primate mastication, modeling of the primate masticatory apparatus, primate dental form and function, and palaeoanthropologic studies of primate skulls.

Additionally, the volume includes introductory chapters discussing how primatologists study adaptations in primates and a discussion of in vivo approaches for studying primate performance. At present, there are no texts with a similar focus on primate craniofacial biology and no sources that approach this topic from such a wide range of research perspectives. This breadth of research covered by leaders in their respective fields make this volume a unique and innovative contribution to biological anthropology.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"Experimental analysis of functional adaptations of facial and skull form in nonhuman primates often has implications for human evolution as well. William Hylander (Duke Univ.) has been a major player in this arena since the early 1970s, and this volume is based on a 2005 symposium in his honor. … Greater intercitation of chapters would have improved this excellent collection of often-complex papers. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty." (E. Delson, Choice, Vol. 46 (8), April, 2009)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anatomy, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, Rootstown, USA

    Chris Vinyard

  • University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, USA

    Matthew J. Ravosa

  • Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, USA

    Christine Wall

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation