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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"cranial morphology"”.
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Cranial Morphology and Systematics of Late Pliocene <em>Alligator</em> from Florida, with Notes on <em>Alligator</em> Evolution and Distribution.
<p><em>Alligator mississippiensis</em> is only distantly related to the other extant alligator (<em>A. sinensis</em>), with much closer relatives known from the geologic past of North America. While <em>A. mississippiensis</em> is well known from the early Pleistocene and later, no …
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A New Species of Teleoceras from the Late Miocene Gray Fossil Site, with Comparisons to Other North American Hemphillian Species
… populations. Linear measurements of post-cranial elements indicate proportional differences between <em>Teleoceras</em> from the Gray Fossil Site and those from other Hemphillian localities. These differences are more pronounced in the elements of the forelimb than in those of the hind …
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Scientific racism, mass collecting, and NAGPRA : a study of the transformation of relationships between museums, anthropology, and the public from the late 19th century to the 21st century.
… to study using methods such as craniometrics and cranial morphology to compare racial anatomy. This thesis highlights the history of American anthropology, museums, and scientific racism as well as seeks to understand how the passage of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act …
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A morphometric study of cranial shape in the Hominoidea
… description to the problem of defining hominoid cranial form. The aim has been to produce an objective assessment of the relative merits of the methods from both a practical and theoretical perspective. The thesis is presented in three parts. In the first, several approaches which offer potential …
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Sequência de ossificação craniana de Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, com comentários sobre o condrocrânio e o desenvolvimento da ornamentação óssea (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae)
The development of cranial bones of Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda -Ribeiro, 1920 was studied by the examination of tadpoles, froglets and juveniles, cleared and alcian blue - alizarin stained. The animals were staged using Gosner (1960) for tadpoles, and the extension and degree of cranial …
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Descrição morfológica do crânio e mandíbula de Stratiotosuchus maxhechti (Crocodylomorpha, Cretáceo Superior do Brasil) e seu posicionamento filogenético
… known to date, it presents several new cranial data for a member of this group, particularly details of the occipital and palatal region which are described here for the first time. This material also allowed the identification of an individualized parasphenoid, that has never been …
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Ancestral Analysis of the French Colonial Moran Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi
… has been conducted. Traditional markers such as cranial and tooth morphology and metrics, and enamel composition, were evaluated in all individuals, and DNA was analyzed in five. Stable isotope levels were also assessed to reconstruct diet.</p> <p>The sample consists of two infants, 21 males and …
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Diversidade de espécies, variação cariotípica e distribuição dos roedores da Chapada Diamantina, BA
… All species were characterized on the basis of cranial morphology and pelage coloration. Karyological studies were performed to 14 species but the diploid and fundamental numbers were given to 18 species recorded. The 19 species can be separated in three main groups. a more widespread one, …
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Morphometric and genetic variation among populations of the southern short-tailed shrew, Blarina carolinensis, located along the Coastal Plain of Virginia
… States distribution) is unknown. I examined cranial morphometrics and molecular genetic characters (mitochondrial DNA control region and exon-primed intron-crossing nuclear DNA, EPIC) from peninsular populations of B. carolinensis and compared them to shrews of the mainland population to …
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Diversity, phylogeny and biostratigraphy of diprotodontoids (marsupialia: diprotodontidae, palorchestidae) from the Riversleigh world heritage area
… New abundant, exceptionally well-preserved cranial material of the zygomaturine Nimbadon lavarackorum enables characterisation of intraspecific variation and ontogenetic development. The results of these analyses have been used to discriminate species boundaries throughout this work. …
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Exploring Human Natures: and their variation in the Genus Homo
… does not preserve. Language, Art, Brain Size and Cranial Morphology have all been used as proxies for Human-Natures. Hunting and hunting sites are an important proxy explored here, as explained by (Underdown and Smith, 2019), the proxy offers insight into modern cognition. This thesis references …
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The palaeobiology of the late Permian dicynodont Endothiodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia)
… late Permian genus Endothiodon is unique for its cranial morphology and unusual dentition. Despite the extensive amount of Endothiodon cranial material recovered from Gondwanan deposits worldwide, there is much that is unknown about its palaeobiology. This thesis provides fresh insights into the …
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Estudo das variações morfológica craniana e citogenética em Akodon cursor (Rodentia:Sigmodontinae) no Estado de Minas Gerais
Akodon cursor é um roedor sigmodontíneo com ampla distribuição no leste do Brasil. Ocorre desde Pernambuco até o Paraná apresentando grande variação morfológica craniana e citogenética em suas populações. Muitos esforços têm sido realizados com o intuito de desvendar os padrões de distribuição dos …
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Using 3-D Geometric Morphometric Techniques to Further Understand the Relationship Between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens
… in crania of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Cranial landmarks were digitized on the cranial vault (cranial vault analysis) and midfacial area (alpha triangulation analysis) of the specimens. Digitizing cranial landmarks preserves the information inherent in those landmarks relative to other …
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Using 3-D Geometric Morphometric Techniques to Further Understand the Relationship Between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens
… in crania of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Cranial landmarks were digitized on the cranial vault (cranial vault analysis) and midfacial area (alpha triangulation analysis) of the specimens. Digitizing cranial landmarks preserves the information inherent in those landmarks relative to other …
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THE EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF CROWN GALLOANSERAE SKULLS: TRACKING CHANGES IN GALLIFORM AND ANSERIFORM CRANIAL DEVELOPMENT
… be used in understanding the origins of adult cranial disparity, the evolutionary developmental approach is a relatively unexplored one. The evolutionary developmental approach prioritises the role of development as the process that produces organismal form, which includes the dichotomy of …