Questions surrounding the origin and early evolution of primates continue to be the subject of
debate. Though anatomy of the skull and inferred dietary shifts are often the focus, detailed …

Three‐dimensional geometric morphometric (3DGM) methods for placing landmarks on
digitized bones have become increasingly sophisticated in the last 20 years, including greater …

… The three animals (individual mean body masses across the duration of study: 505 g, 516
g, and 600 g) were fed 5008 Rodent block ad libitum and produce once a day; a variety of …

Objective: Multiple meaningful ecological characterizations of a species revolve around body
mass. Because body mass cannot be directly measured in extinct taxa, reliable body mass …

… ) of a graph G, which are trees that span the graph with the property that any path connecting
a vertex to the root is also the shortest path in the graph G between that particular vertex …

Objectives: Comprehensive quantification of the shape and proportions of the medial tibial
facet (MTF) of the talus (=astragalus) has been lacking for Primates and their closest relatives. …

… range from 2244 g to 2923 g, while those of S. gracilis range from 1303 g to 1582 g. Adapis
… the lowest body mass when predicted from the same proxy and equation: 1074 g (Table 6). …

The articular facets of interosseous joints must transmit forces while maintaining relatively
low stresses. To prevent overloading, joints that transmit higher forces should therefore have …

Quantification of the position and depth of the flexor hallucis longus groove in euarchontans,
with implications for the evolution of primate positional behavior - Yapuncich - 2017 - …

Primate species typically differ from other mammals in having bony canals that enclose the
branches of the internal carotid artery (ICA) as they pass through the middle ear. The …