Browsing Anthropology electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Ward, Carol V."
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Determining the relations between canine crown height and root basal diameters and root length: implications for the hominin fossil record
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)Canine reduction in hominins is one of the original apomorphies to appear in hominin evolution. Canine crown size is sexually dimorphic in most primates, sexual dimorphism is linked strongly to sexual selection; therefore ... -
Functional morphology of the anthropoid talocrural joint
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)The form and function of the talocrural joint of anthropoids is frequently used to infer positional behaviors of fossil catarrhines without clear and quantitative data to support these inferences. Specifically, greater ...