M F Laird
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 54367 |
|---|---|
| NOME | M F Laird |
| PRENOMES | M F |
| SOBRENOME | Laird |
| ASSINATURA | LAIRD M F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8636-0407 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 154 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Jaw-Muscle Structure and Function in Primates
The jaw-adductor muscles drive the movements and forces associated with primate feeding behaviors such as biting and chewing as well as social signaling behaviors such as wide-mouth canine display. The past several decades have seen a rise in research aimed at the anatomy and physiology of primate chewing muscles to better understand the functional and evolutionary significance of the primate masticatory apparatus. This review summarizes variatio…
Human burials at the Kisese II rockshelter, Tanzania
OBJECTIVES: The Late Pleistocene and early Holocene in eastern Africa are associated with complex evolutionary and demographic processes that contributed to the population variability observed in the region today. However, there are relatively few human skeletal remains from this time period. Here we describe six individuals from the Kisese II rockshelter in Tanzania that were excavated in 1956, present a radiocarbon date for one of the individua…
Jaw kinematics and mandibular morphology in humans
Taking a big bite
The study of adaptation requires the integration of an array of different types of data. A single individual can find such integration daunting, if not impossible. In an effort to clarify the role of diet in the evolution of the primate craniofacial and dental apparatus, we assembled a team of researchers that have various types and degrees of expertise. This interaction has provided a range of insights for all contributors, and this has helped t…
Homo naledi cranial remains from the Lesedi chamber of the rising star cave system, South Africa
A new fossil cercopithecid tibia from Laetoli and its implications for positional behavior and paleoecology
New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa
The Rising Star cave system has produced abundant fossil hominin remains within the Dinaledi Chamber, representing a minimum of 15 individuals attributed to Homo naledi. Further exploration led to the discovery of hominin material, now comprising 131 hominin specimens, within a second chamber, the Lesedi Chamber. The Lesedi Chamber is far separated from the Dinaledi Chamber within the Rising Star cave system, and represents a second depositional …
Variation in human gape cycle kinematics and occlusal topography
OBJECTIVES: This study tested hypotheses relating intraspecific variation in occlusal morphology and intraspecific variation in jaw movements during feeding. Gape cycle kinematic variation was hypothesized to correlate with gape cycle number within a chewing sequence as well as with food toughness and stiffness. Gape cycle kinematic variation was also hypothesized to correlate with variation in occlusal area, slope, and volume. METHODS AND MATERI…
The skull of Homo naledi
Skull diversity in the Homo lineage and the relative position of Homo naledi
Spatial determinants of the mandibular curve of Spee in modern and archaic Homo
OBJECTIVES: The curve of Spee (COS) is a mesio-distally curved alignment of the canine through distal molar cusp tips in certain mammals including modern humans and some fossil hominins. In humans, the alignment varies from concave to flat, and previous studies have suggested that this difference reflects craniofacial morphology, including the degree of alveolar prognathism. However, the relationship between prognathism and concavity of the COS h…
Chewing efficiency and occlusal functional morphology in modern humans
The evolutionary relationships and age of Homo naledi
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Article Figures and data Abstract eLife digest Introduction Differential diagnosis Description Discussion Materials and methods References Decision letter Author response Article and author information Metrics Abstract Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. This species is characterized by body mass and stature similar…
The evolutionary relationships and age of Homo naledi
The skull of Homo naledi
Skull diversity in the Homo lineage and the relative position of Homo naledi
Chewing efficiency and occlusal functional morphology in modern humans
A new fossil cercopithecid tibia from Laetoli and its implications for positional behavior and paleoecology
Jaw kinematics and mandibular morphology in humans
Homo naledi cranial remains from the Lesedi chamber of the rising star cave system, South Africa
Jaw-Muscle Structure and Function in Primates
The jaw-adductor muscles drive the movements and forces associated with primate feeding behaviors such as biting and chewing as well as social signaling behaviors such as wide-mouth canine display. The past several decades have seen a rise in research aimed at the anatomy and physiology of primate chewing muscles to better understand the functional and evolutionary significance of the primate masticatory apparatus. This review summarizes variatio…
Author response
Article Figures and data Abstract eLife digest Introduction Differential diagnosis Description Discussion Materials and methods References Decision letter Author response Article and author information Metrics Abstract Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. This species is characterized by body mass and stature similar…
Human burials at the Kisese II rockshelter, Tanzania
OBJECTIVES: The Late Pleistocene and early Holocene in eastern Africa are associated with complex evolutionary and demographic processes that contributed to the population variability observed in the region today. However, there are relatively few human skeletal remains from this time period. Here we describe six individuals from the Kisese II rockshelter in Tanzania that were excavated in 1956, present a radiocarbon date for one of the individua…
Variation in human gape cycle kinematics and occlusal topography
OBJECTIVES: This study tested hypotheses relating intraspecific variation in occlusal morphology and intraspecific variation in jaw movements during feeding. Gape cycle kinematic variation was hypothesized to correlate with gape cycle number within a chewing sequence as well as with food toughness and stiffness. Gape cycle kinematic variation was also hypothesized to correlate with variation in occlusal area, slope, and volume. METHODS AND MATERI…
Spatial determinants of the mandibular curve of Spee in modern and archaic Homo
OBJECTIVES: The curve of Spee (COS) is a mesio-distally curved alignment of the canine through distal molar cusp tips in certain mammals including modern humans and some fossil hominins. In humans, the alignment varies from concave to flat, and previous studies have suggested that this difference reflects craniofacial morphology, including the degree of alveolar prognathism. However, the relationship between prognathism and concavity of the COS h…
Spatial determinants of the mandibular curve of Spee in modern and archaic Homo
OBJECTIVES: The curve of Spee (COS) is a mesio-distally curved alignment of the canine through distal molar cusp tips in certain mammals including modern humans and some fossil hominins. In humans, the alignment varies from concave to flat, and previous studies have suggested that this difference reflects craniofacial morphology, including the degree of alveolar prognathism. However, the relationship between prognathism and concavity of the COS h…
Chewing efficiency and occlusal functional morphology in modern humans
The evolutionary relationships and age of Homo naledi
New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa
The Rising Star cave system has produced abundant fossil hominin remains within the Dinaledi Chamber, representing a minimum of 15 individuals attributed to Homo naledi. Further exploration led to the discovery of hominin material, now comprising 131 hominin specimens, within a second chamber, the Lesedi Chamber. The Lesedi Chamber is far separated from the Dinaledi Chamber within the Rising Star cave system, and represents a second depositional …
Variation in human gape cycle kinematics and occlusal topography
OBJECTIVES: This study tested hypotheses relating intraspecific variation in occlusal morphology and intraspecific variation in jaw movements during feeding. Gape cycle kinematic variation was hypothesized to correlate with gape cycle number within a chewing sequence as well as with food toughness and stiffness. Gape cycle kinematic variation was also hypothesized to correlate with variation in occlusal area, slope, and volume. METHODS AND MATERI…
The skull of Homo naledi
Skull diversity in the Homo lineage and the relative position of Homo naledi
A new fossil cercopithecid tibia from Laetoli and its implications for positional behavior and paleoecology
Taking a big bite
The study of adaptation requires the integration of an array of different types of data. A single individual can find such integration daunting, if not impossible. In an effort to clarify the role of diet in the evolution of the primate craniofacial and dental apparatus, we assembled a team of researchers that have various types and degrees of expertise. This interaction has provided a range of insights for all contributors, and this has helped t…
Homo naledi cranial remains from the Lesedi chamber of the rising star cave system, South Africa
Jaw kinematics and mandibular morphology in humans
Human burials at the Kisese II rockshelter, Tanzania
OBJECTIVES: The Late Pleistocene and early Holocene in eastern Africa are associated with complex evolutionary and demographic processes that contributed to the population variability observed in the region today. However, there are relatively few human skeletal remains from this time period. Here we describe six individuals from the Kisese II rockshelter in Tanzania that were excavated in 1956, present a radiocarbon date for one of the individua…
Author response
Article Figures and data Abstract eLife digest Introduction Differential diagnosis Description Discussion Materials and methods References Decision letter Author response Article and author information Metrics Abstract Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. This species is characterized by body mass and stature similar…
Jaw-Muscle Structure and Function in Primates
The jaw-adductor muscles drive the movements and forces associated with primate feeding behaviors such as biting and chewing as well as social signaling behaviors such as wide-mouth canine display. The past several decades have seen a rise in research aimed at the anatomy and physiology of primate chewing muscles to better understand the functional and evolutionary significance of the primate masticatory apparatus. This review summarizes variatio…
Biology (12 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 obras) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (8 obras) · Archaeology (6 obras) · Ecology (6 obras) · Evolutionary biology (6 obras) · Geography (6 obras) · Paleontology (6 obras) · Paleontology (6 obras) · Anatomy (5 obras)