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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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Autores principales: Ravosa, Matthew J., Vinyard, Christopher J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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