Philipp Mitteroecker

..We analysed phenotypic variation in six populations of T. moorii and one population of T. polli using geometric morphometrics to assess morphological differences among sexes in relation to the differentiation of populations and species...

..The dissociation has probably been achieved by evolutionary alterations and by the novel emergence of local factors affecting characteristics that are controlled at the same time by the common factors...

..We outline a simple approach for this case using Wright-style factor analysis and demonstrate the relation of its algebra to the more familiar approach via partial least squares...

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..We reject the hypothesis of global heterochrony in the cranium of Pan as well as regional heterochrony for the lower face, the upper face, and the neurocranium...

..The relation between these two species' growth trajectories is too complex for a simple summary in terms of global heterochrony...

..Pure heterochrony does not sufficiently explain the human craniofacial morphology nor the differences among the African apes...

..We discuss these patterns and speculate on their use as characters for taxonomic analysis in the fossil record...

..This essay celebrates that change and tries to account for it by reference to cognitive and intellectual aspects of the new home...

..This implies that either the primate atlas is generalized enough to allow bipedal locomotion or else the human atlas morphology is a unique adaptation different from that in the more orthograde nonhuman primates...

..We argue that the infant and adult dimorphism of the mental region may be associated with the development of supralaryngeal structures...

..In its dimensions, the endocast is similar to that of STS 5. The patterning of detected meningeal arterial branches resembles that of modern humans. The absence of an enlarged occipital-marginal sinus system is typical of A. africanus...

..These preliminary results suggest that prenatal and pubertal testosterone have differential effects on male facial shape that should be considered in future studies on women's preferences towards male facial appearance...

..There is also a component of cranial length to height ratio not reducible to either process. Our methodology allows a separation of these independent processes (and their impact on cranial shape) that conventional methods have not found...

..Geographic conditions explained more than twice as much variation in females as in males, suggesting that female migration was more affected by geographical constraints than male migration was...

..The role of directional asymmetry as a potential indicator of craniofacial developmental instability clearly merits further attention...

..50 different subjects rated the reconstructed postures from the positive and negative end of the regression. We found the ratings to be valid and accurate in respect to the five factors...

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