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What does "arboreal locomotion" mean exactly and what are the relationships between "climbing", environment and morphology?Holger Preuschoft
Abteilung Funktionelle Morphologie, Anatomisches Institut, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Bochum
Z Morphol Anthropol 83:171-88. 2002....
Functional structure of the skull in hominoideaH Preuschoft
Abteilung Funktionelle Morphologie, Anatomisches Institut, Medizinische Fakultat, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Folia Primatol (Basel) 75:219-52. 2004..It seems that these traits are the points of attack of selective pressures, while all other morphological details are simply consequences of stress flow...
Mechanisms for the acquisition of habitual bipedality: are there biomechanical reasons for the acquisition of upright bipedal posture?Holger Preuschoft
Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
J Anat 204:363-84. 2004..A paper in this volume shows that load-carrying ability was enhanced from australopithecines to Homo ergaster (early African H. erectus), supporting an earlier proposition that load-carrying was an essential factor in human evolution...
Pneumatized spaces, sinuses and spongy bones in the skulls of primatesH Preuschoft
Abt f Funktionelle Morphologie, Institut f Anatomie, Ruhr Universitat Bochum
Anthropol Anz 60:67-79. 2002....
The role of the zygomatic arch in the statics of the skull and its adaptive shapeU Witzel
Forschungsbereich Biomechanik, Fakultät für Maschinenbau, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Folia Primatol (Basel) 75:202-18. 2004..Morphological details of the zygomatic arch (curvature, profile, suture) are well suited to sustain the evoked stresses by a minimum of material...
Functional shape of the skull in vertebrates: which forces determine skull morphology in lower primates and ancestral synapsids?Holger Preuschoft
Subdepartment of Functional Anatomy, Anatomisches Institut, Medizinische Fakultat, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 283:402-13. 2005..This study demonstrates the utility of finite-element modeling for testing hypotheses regarding relationships between form and function in vertebrate skulls...
A biomechanical approach to craniofacial shape in primates, using FESAHolger Preuschoft
Anatomisches Institut, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Gebäude MA 01 436, D 44780 Bochum
Ann Anat 186:397-404. 2004..The results that can be obtained by our deductive approach in comparison to inductive, experimental procedures are discussed briefly...
Finite-element model construction for the virtual synthesis of the skulls in vertebrates: case study of DiplodocusUlrich Witzel
Forschungsbereich Biomechanik, Institut für Konstruktionstechnik, Fakultät Maschinenbau, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 283:391-401. 2005....
Arboreal locomotion in small new-world monkeysA Arms
Abteilung Funktionelle Morphologie, Anatomisches Institut, , Bochum
Z Morphol Anthropol 83:243-63. 2002..The walk in both species was surprisingly fast (1 m/s), reaching the speed of much larger cursorial animals, like humans...
Biomimetic robotics should be based on functional morphologyHartmut Witte
Technische Universitat Ilmenau, Institut für Mikrosystemtechnik, Mechatronik und Mechanik, Fachgebiet Biomechatronik, Germany
J Anat 204:331-42. 2004..A torsional twist around longitudinal axes seems to be the most important...
The importance of the evolutionary heritage of locomotion on flat ground in small mammals for the development of arborealityHartmut Witte
Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum, Friedrich Schiller Universitat Jena, Jena
Z Morphol Anthropol 83:221-33. 2002....
