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The adaptive significance of mandibular symphyseal fusion in mammals by SCOTT, J. E., HOGUE, A. S., RAVOSA, M. J.

“…The mandibular symphyseal joint is remarkably variable across major mammalian clades, ranging in adults from unfused (amphiarthrosis) to partially fused…”
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The primate cranial base: ontogeny, function, and integration by Lieberman, D E, Ross, C F, Ravosa, M J

“…Understanding the complexities of cranial base development, function, and architecture is important for testing hypotheses about many aspects of craniofacial…”
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Symphyseal fusion and jaw-adductor muscle force: An EMG study by Hylander, William L., Ravosa, Matthew J., Ross, Callum F., Wall, Christine E., Johnson, Kirk R.

“…The purpose of this study is to test various hypotheses about balancing‐side jaw muscle recruitment patterns during mastication, with a major focus on testing…”
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Masticatory stress, orbital orientation and the evolution of the primate postorbital bar by Ravosa, Matthew J., Noble, Vivian E., Hylander, William L., Johnson, Kirk R., Kowalski, Erica M.

“…A postorbital bar is one of a suite of derived features which distinguishes basal primates from their putative sister taxon, plesiadapiforms. Two hypotheses…”
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Evolution of anthropoid jaw loading and kinematic patterns by Ravosa, Matthew J., Vinyard, Christopher J., Gagnon, Mario, Islam, Samar A.

“…Major transformations in the skull and masticatory system characterized the evolution of crown anthropoids. To offer further insight into the phylogenetic and…”
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Anthropoid origins and the modern symphysis by Ravosa, M J

“…To highlight adaptive transformations in craniomandibular form during anthropoid origins, symphyseal character states and underlying masticatory loading…”
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Ontogenetic perspective on mechanical and nonmechanical models of primate circumorbital morphology by Ravosa, M J

“…Dimensions of the supraorbital torus, postorbital bar, and postorbital septum were collected in an ontogenetic series of Macaca fascicularis and compared with…”
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Remarkable Species Diversity in Malagasy Mouse Lemurs (Primates, Microcebus) by Yoder, Anne D., Rasoloarison, Rodin M., Goodman, Steven M., Irwin, Jodi A., Atsalis, Sylvia, Ravosa, Matthew J., Ganzhorn, Jorg U.

“…Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA sequence data confirms the observation that species diversity in the world's smallest living primate (genus Microcebus) has been…”
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Curvilinear, geometric and phylogenetic modeling of basicranial flexion: is it adaptive, is it constrained? by Ross, Callum F, Henneberg, Maciej, Ravosa, Matthew J, Richard, Simon

“…Prior work has shown that the degree of basicranial flexion among primates is determined by relative brain size, with anatomically modern humans possibly…”
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Euprimate origins: the eyes have it by Ravosa, Matthew J, Savakova, Denitsa G

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Size and scaling in the mandible of living and extinct apes by Ravosa, M J

“…The purpose of this study is to fill a gap in our knowledge of dietary and allometric determinants of masticatory function and mandibular morphology in major…”
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Strain in the Galago facial skull by Ravosa, Matthew J., Johnson, Kirk R., Hylander, William L.

“…Little experimental work has been directed at understanding the distribution of stresses along the facial skull during routine masticatory behaviors. Such…”
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Mandibular form and function in North American and European Adapidae and Omomyidae by Ravosa, Matthew J.

“…Previous experimental and comparative studies among a wide variety of primate and nonprimate mammals provide a unique source of information for investigating…”
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Cranial allometry and geographic variation in slow lorises (Nycticebus) by Ravosa, Matthew J.

“…A series of 20 craniodental measurements was obtained for two sister taxa: Nycticebus coucang (common slow loris) and N. pygmaeus (pygmy slow loris)…”
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Jaw morphology and function in living and fossil old world monkeys by RAVOSA, M. J

“…This allometric investigation on a sample of 29 cercopithecine and 22 colobine taxa augments the data and implications of prior work on subfamilial variation…”
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Basicranial flexion, relative brain size, and facial kyphosis in nonhuman primates by Ross, C F, Ravosa, M J

“…Numerous hypotheses explaining interspecific differences in the degree of basicranial flexion have been presented. Several authors have argued that an increase…”
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Ontogeny, function, and scaling of the mandibular symphysis in papionin primates by Vinyard, Christopher J., Ravosa, Matthew J.

“…In vivo study of mastication in adult cercopithecine primates demonstrates a link between mandibular symphyseal form and resistance to “wishboning,” or lateral…”
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Transverse masticatory movements, occlusal orientation, and symphyseal fusion in selenodont artiodactyls by Hogue, Aaron S., Ravosa, Matthew J.

“…Based on extensive experimental work on primates, two masticatory loading regimes have emerged as the likely determinants of mandibular symphyseal…”
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Masticatory biomechanics and masseter fiber-type plasticity by Ravosa, M J, Ning, J, Costley, D B, Daniel, A N, Stock, S R, Stack, M S

“…Compared to force-resisting elements of the mammalian feeding apparatus, data on jaw-muscle plasticity are less common. This hinders our understanding of the…”
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Effects of brain and facial size on basicranial form in human and primate evolution by Bastir, Markus, Rosas, Antonio, Stringer, Chris, Manuel Cuétara, J., Kruszynski, Robert, Weber, Gerhard W., Ross, Callum F., Ravosa, Matthew J.

“…Understanding variation in the basicranium is of central importance to paleoanthropology because of its fundamental structural role in skull development and…”
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