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Diet, feeding behavior, and jaw architecture of Taï monkeys

Congruence and chaos in the realm of functional morphology

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ID18946121
AuthorsW S Mcgraw (0000-0003-1986-7408, Smith Laboratory, Department of Anthropology The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio, corresponding author), David J Daegling (0000-0002-0108-8986, Department of Anthropology University of Florida Gainesville Florida)
Year2020
Volume29
Issue1
Pages14-28
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEvolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1060-1538 • E-ISSN: 1520-6505
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/evan.21799
PMID31580522
OpenAlexW2978371180
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited71

We review feeding and mandibular anatomy in a community of West African monkeys. We use field observations, food material property data, and skeletal specimens from the Ivory Coast's Taï Forest to explore the factors that shape mandibular architecture in colobines and cercopithecines. Despite excellent geographic control across our sample, the fit between bone form (as conventionally described) and functional activity (as we perceive it) is not spectacular. We present a thought experiment to assess how well we could reconstruct diet in the Taï monkeys if we only had skeletons and teeth to study. This exercise indicated that we would be correct about half the time. Our analyses reinforce the notion that diet is anything but a monolithic variable and that better success at relating mandibular form to food must incorporate information on ingestive and processing behavior, geometric and material properties of foods, and both material and structural data on jaws themselves

Archaeology · Biology · Congruence (geometry) · Evolutionary biology · Genus · Geography · Geometry · Mandible (arthropod mouthpart) · Morphology (biology) · Zoology · Anatomy · Architecture · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Mathematics · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Primate Behavior and Ecology

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