Primate Skull Research Articles

EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES TO THE PRIMATE SKULL AND DENTITION

EvolutionVolume 32, Issue 3 p. 686-687 Book ReviewFree Access EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES TO THE PRIMATE SKULL AND DENTITION† Albert P. Santa Luca, Albert P. Santa Luca Department of Anatomy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115Evolutionary Changes to the Primate Skull and Dentition. C. L. B. Lavelle, R. P. Shellis, and D. F. G. Poole. Published by Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois 62717, 1977, 285 pp. $32.50.Search for more papers by this author Albert P. Santa Luca, Albert P. Santa Luca Department of Anatomy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115Evolutionary Changes to the Primate Skull and Dentition. C. L. B. Lavelle, R. P. Shellis, and D. F. G. Poole. Published by Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois 62717, 1977, 285 pp. $32.50.Search for more papers by this author First published: September 1978 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1978.tb04616.x AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume32, Issue3September 1978Pages 686-687 RelatedInformation

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:CURRENT ADVANCES IN ORAL SURGERY, by W. B. Irby.EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES TO THE PRIMATE SKULL AND DENTITION, by C. L. B. Lavelle, R. P. Shellis, and D. F. G. Poole.A SERIES OF MONOGRAPHS ON THE ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF DENTAL CARE, edited by H. Alfred.A GUIDE TO DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY, by Rita A. Mason.PAIN IN THE TRIGEMINAL REGION.CURRENT THERAPY IN DENTISTRY, by H. M. Goldman, H. W. Gilmore, W. B. Irby, and R. E. McDonald.ORAL HYGIENE IN ORAL HEALTH, edited by Hyman J. V. Goldberg, and Louis W. Ripa.ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT WITH REMOVABLE APPLIANCES, by W. J. B. Houston and K. G. Isaacson.WORLD DIRECTORY OF SCHOOLS FOR DENTAL AUXILIARIES. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1977.

An Investigation using Holographic Interferometry, of Surface Strain in Bone Induced by Orthodontic Forces: A Preliminary Report

The use of the technique of interferometric holography in examining the effects of a few orthodontic systems on a dried primate skull is described. It was found that the effects of the applied forces were not confined to the dento-alveolar region, but had a wider involvement throughout the entire craniofacial complex.

Is craniofacial asymmetry and adaptation for masticatory function an evolutionary process?

MANY workers have investigated asymmetry of primate skulls. Woo1 carried out direct chordal and arcual measurement on a large number of human skulls from the 26th to the 30th Egyptian dynasties. He found the bones of the cranium exhibited an asymmetry with the right side being larger, reflecting the development of the right hemisphere of the brain. The contralateral side of the facial complex exhibited an asymmetry with the left zygoma and left maxilla being larger. The lower third of the face was not investigated.

Application of principal component analysis using the Chi-square metric (“Analyse factorielle des correspondances”) to the study of cranial characters in Primates

Two types of multivariate analysis of cranial metrical data have been tried for the whole Primate Order (Hominoidea excluded). The Prosimian heterogeneous group has been analysed in greater detail. Principal component analysis using the Chi-square metric for 16 parameters resulted in good differentiation of subgroups, often down to generic level. Discriminant analysis pointed out the major importance of the opposition cranium-masticatory apparatus, in the whole order and at all taxonomial levels, together with the high weight of basal width discriminating power for comparison of Primate skulls shape. Thus, it seems legitimate to use such methods in our future research for locating fossil specimens with a limited number of measurements.

More on Primate Skull Collections in European Museums

More on Primate Skull Collections in European Museums

Primate Skull Collections in Some European Museums

Primate Skull Collections in Some European Museums

A Few Comparisons

In 1904, Duckworth published a series of drawings of median sections of humari and other primate skulls showing how they differ and' agree. But while he gives many measurements of corresponding arcs and chords, he has only the very briefest discussion of what the differences mean.

The Skull, the Face, and the Teeth of Primates, with special reference to Dolichocephaly and the Centres of Growth in the Face.—Part I

Summary. The author's radiographic method of determining the form of the endocranial cavity of the skull has been applied to a large series of Primate skulls. Leptoprosopy and dolichocephaly are shown to be normal features of certain Primates. The degree of dolichocephaly in the Gorilla is as great as that in Man, so that dolichocephaly, per se, cannot be regarded as a humanoid feature. The central canal of the chin is shown for the first time to be a normal but inconstant feature of the mandible of Primates. Mental and infraorbital foramina are analysed with special reference to their multiplicity, their relative position, and the associated direction of growth in the upper jaw and mandible.