Rachel A. Menegaz

TL;DR: Analysis of three‐dimensional coordinate landmark data indicate that the basicrania of hard/tough diet rabbits exhibit more robust middle cranial fossae and pterygoid plates, as well as altered overall morphology of the caudal Cranial fossa, suggesting that long‐term variation in masticatory forces associated with differences in dietary properties can contribute to the complex and multifactorial development of neurocranial morphology.

TL;DR: In this article, a 3D technique that combines CT-based morphology with biplanar videofluoroscopy was used to quantify mandibular kinematics, tooth occlusion and mandibula condylar displacements within the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) during feeding.

TL;DR: A comparative analysis of orbital morphology in 103 avian species tests two hypotheses: (1) large, convergent orbits are associated with nocturnal visual predation, and (2) the strigiform postorbital process and haplorhine postorbitals septum similarly function to insulate the eyes from contractions of mandibular adductors.

TL;DR: Data support a role for mechanical loading in the determination of palatal morphology, especially its internal structure, in living and fossil mammals such as the hominin Paranthropus and have potential implications for the evolution of the mammalian secondary hard palate.