Laird, Myra, Ross, Callum and O'Higgins, Paul orcid.org/0000-0002-9797-0809 (2019) Jaw kinematics and mandibular morphology in humans. American journal of physical anthropology. 102639. ISSN 1096-8644
Abstract
Abstract Understanding the influence of feeding behavior on mandibular morphology is necessary for interpreting dietary change in fossil hominins. However, mandibular morphology is also likely to have an effect on feeding behavior, including jaw kinematics. Here we examine the relationships between mandibular morphology and jaw kinematics in humans using landmark-based morphometrics to quantify jaw movement. Three-dimensional movements of reflective markers coupled to the mandible and cranium were used to capture jaw movements while subjects chewed cubes of raw and cooked sweet potato. Geometric morphometric methods were adapted to quantify and analyze gape cycle motion paths. Gape cycles varied significantly across chewing sequences and between raw and cooked sweet potato. Variation in gape cycle size and shape is related to the width (intergonial distance) and length of the mandible. These results underline the fact that jaw kinematic variation within and between taxa is related to and may be influenced by mandibular morphology. Future studies examining kinematic variation should assess the influence of morphological differences on movement.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Jaw kinematics,Mandible,, Geometric morphometrics |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Hull York Medical School (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2019 11:20 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 15:52 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102639 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102639 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:148743 |
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