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- 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)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Historical Perspective on Experimental Research in Biological Anthropology
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In Vivo Research into Masticatory Function
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Modeling Masticatory Apparatus Function
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Jaw-Muscle Architecture
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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
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Department of Anatomy, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, Rootstown, USA
Chris Vinyard
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University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, USA
Matthew J. Ravosa
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Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, USA
Christine Wall
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology
Editors: Chris Vinyard, Matthew J. Ravosa, Christine Wall
Series Title: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76585-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-76584-6Published: 25 September 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9181-2Published: 31 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-76585-3Published: 17 September 2008
Series ISSN: 1574-3489
Series E-ISSN: 1574-3497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 496
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Zoology, Animal Physiology, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Developmental Biology, Anthropology