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4 - The Skull

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

Timothy D. Smith ,
Valerie B. DeLeon ,
Christopher J. Vinyard  and
Jesse W. Young
Timothy D. Smith
Affiliation:
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Valerie B. DeLeon
Affiliation:
University of Florida
Christopher J. Vinyard
Affiliation:
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Jesse W. Young
Affiliation:
Northeast Ohio Medical University
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Summary

In this chapter we discuss parts of the primate skull (cranium and mandible) according to embryology and the evolutionary history (neurocranium and viscerocranium) and according to their mode of ossification (chondrocranium and dermatocranium). Subsequently, the osteology of the skull in newborn hominoids (apes and humans) is discussed based on the literature, followed by regional accounts of skull anatomy in a newly described sample of tarsiers, Old World monkeys, New World monkeys, and strepsirrhines (lemurs and lorises). The chapter ends with a brief discussion of the early postnatal trajectory of skull ossification and growth in selected primate species based on a comparison of species at similar known ages during infancy.

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basicraniumcalvariumcraniofacial development and growthfunctional matrixpneumatizationsuturesynchondrosis
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Skeletal Anatomy of the Newborn Primate , pp. 37 - 79
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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