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Masticatory Loading and Ossification of the Mandibular Symphysis during Anthropoid Origins
An ossified or ‘fused’ mandibular symphysis characterizes the origins of the Anthropoidea, a primate suborder that includes humans. Longstanding debate about the adaptive significance of variation in this jaw joint centers on whether a bony symphysis is stronger than an unfused one spanned by cartil...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7136211/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32249773 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62025-8 |