Skeletogenesis is an exquisitely orchestrated and dynamic process, culminating in the
formation of highly variable and complex mineralized structures that are optimized for their …

Molecular data suggest that humans are more closely related to chimpanzees than either is
to the gorillas, yet one finds the closest similarity in craniofacial morphology to be among the …

Radiographic cephalometry has been one of the most With Three-Dimensional
Cephalometry A Color important diagnostic tools in orthodontics, since its Atlas and Manual …

Everyone who has ever experienced a head cold is familiar with the paranasal sinuses, the
bony hollows above and beside the nasal cavity that contribute, sometimes painfully, to …

Dramatic changes in cranial capacity have characterized human evolution. Important
evolutionary hypotheses, such as the spatial packing hypothesis, assert that increases in …

Mosaic evolution describes different rates of evolutionary change in different body units.
Morphologically these units are described by more relationships within a unit than between …

Integration of the sphenoid and ethmoid bones during early postnatal development is poorly
described in the literature. A uniquely prolonged patency of sphenoethmoidal synchondrosis …

Abstract Knowledge of the pattern of human craniofacial development in the fetal period is
important for understanding the mechanisms underlying the emergence of variations in …

The evolution of hominin growth and life history has long been a subject of intensive
research, but it is only recently that paleoanthropologists have considered the ontogenetic …

A large part of extant and past mammalian morphological diversity is related to variation in
size through allometric effects. Previous studies suggested that craniofacial allometry is the …