Dental microwear and stable isotopes inform the paleoecology of extinct hominins
Determining the diet of an extinct species is paramount in any attempt to reconstruct its
paleoecology. Because the distribution and mechanical properties of food items may impact …
paleoecology. Because the distribution and mechanical properties of food items may impact …
Viewpoints: diet and dietary adaptations in early hominins: the hard food perspective
Recent biomechanical analyses examining the feeding adaptations of early hominins have
yielded results consistent with the hypothesis that hard foods exerted a selection pressure …
yielded results consistent with the hypothesis that hard foods exerted a selection pressure …
Paranthropus
B Wood, K Schroer - A companion to Paleoanthropology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter reviews various ways by which the genus Paranthropus has and is being
interpreted, and explains the importance of this junior synonym of Australopithecus in the …
interpreted, and explains the importance of this junior synonym of Australopithecus in the …
Limitations of a morphological criterion of adaptive inference in the fossil record
Experimental analyses directly inform how an anatomical feature or complex functions
during an organism's lifetime, which serves to increase the efficacy of comparative studies of …
during an organism's lifetime, which serves to increase the efficacy of comparative studies of …
Hominin fossils from Kromdraai and Drimolen inform Paranthropus robustus craniofacial ontogeny
Ontogeny provides critical information about the evolutionary history of early hominin adult
morphology. We describe fossils from the southern African sites of Kromdraai and Drimolen …
morphology. We describe fossils from the southern African sites of Kromdraai and Drimolen …
Review of In Vivo Bone Strain Studies and Finite Element Models of the Zygomatic Complex in Humans and Nonhuman Primates: Implications for Clinical Research …
The craniofacial skeleton is often described in the clinical literature as being comprised of
vertical bony pillars, which transmit forces from the toothrow to the neurocranium as axial …
vertical bony pillars, which transmit forces from the toothrow to the neurocranium as axial …
The DNH 7 skull of Australopithecus robustus from Drimolen (Main Quarry), South Africa
Although the early hominin species Australopithecus robustus has been known for more
than eight decades and is represented by hundreds of fossils from sites in South Africa, a …
than eight decades and is represented by hundreds of fossils from sites in South Africa, a …
Anatomical network comparison of human upper and lower, newborn and adult, and normal and abnormal limbs, with notes on development, pathology and limb …
How do the various anatomical parts (modules) of the animal body evolve into very different
integrated forms (integration) yet still function properly without decreasing the individual's …
integrated forms (integration) yet still function properly without decreasing the individual's …
[HTML][HTML] Functional morphology, biomechanics and the retrodiction of early hominin diets
FE Grine, DJ Daegling - Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2017 - Elsevier
A fundamental axiom that underlies evolutionary biomechanics maintains that natural
selection has adapted skeletal and dental morphologies to facilitate function in intelligible …
selection has adapted skeletal and dental morphologies to facilitate function in intelligible …
T he B iomechanics of B ony F acial “B uttresses” in S outh A frican A ustralopiths: A n E xperimental S tudy U sing F inite E lement A nalysis
Australopiths exhibit a number of derived facial features that are thought to strengthen the
face against high and/or repetitive loads associated with a diet that included mechanically …
face against high and/or repetitive loads associated with a diet that included mechanically …