Matthew J. Ravosa

TL;DR: Interspecific, experimental, and ontogenetic evidence indicates that the cranial base plays a key role in craniofacial growth, helping to integrate, spatially and functionally, different patterns of growth in various adjoining regions of the skull such as components of the brain, the eyes, the nasal cavity, the oral cavity, and the pharynx.

TL;DR: Interspecific, experimental, and ontogenetic evidence indicates that the cranial base plays a key role in craniofacial growth, helping to integrate, spatially and functionally, different patterns of growth in various adjoining regions of the skull such as components of the brain, the eyes, the nasal cavity, the oral cavity, and the pharynx.

TL;DR: Bivariate correlation and partial correlation analyses at several taxonomic levels revealed that, within haplorhines, the cranial base angle decreases with increasing neurocranial volume relative to basicranial length and is positively correlated with angles of facial kyphosis and orbital axis orientation.

TL;DR: Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA sequence data confirms the observation that species diversity in the world's smallest living primate (genus Microcebus) has been greatly underestimated and revises established hypotheses of ecogeographic constraint for the maintenance of species boundaries in these endemic Malagasy primates.

TL;DR: Both the analysis of the W/B EMG ratios and the muscle firing pattern data support the hypothesis that symphyseal fusion and transversely-directed muscle force in anthropoids are functionally linked, which supports the hypotheses that the evolution of symphySEal fusion in anthropoid is an adaptation to strengthen the symphysis so as to counter increased wishboning stress during forceful unilateral mastication.