Polymorphic aspects of male anthropoid canines

Bibliographic Data

ID20538166
AuthorsLeonard O Greenfield (Temple University), Arthur Washburn (Temple University)
Year1991
Volume84
Issue1
Pages17-34
Publication date1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330840103
PMID1902059
OpenAlexW2121767554
LanguageEN
Citations received27
References cited22

Interspecific variation in the architecture of male anthropoid maxillary canines is documented. Extant taxa are polymorphic, and most can be sorted into two major groupings based on quantitative measures of shape, distal edge sharpness, and interspecific changes in their linear dimensions (projection, mesiodistal length, and buccolingual breadth) relative to each other and to body mass (scaling). One group includes the great apes and ceboids; the other includes cercopithecoids and hylobatids. Statistically significant differences between these groups were found for canine shape, for trajectories of regressions for canine projection on canine length and canine breadth, and for canine projection and canine breadth relative to body mass. The data indicate that explanations of canine variation in male anthropoids must include a mechanical interpretation of form in addition to assessments of habitus, heritage, and body mass

Allometry · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Extant taxon · Interspecific competition · Projection (relational algebra) · Taxon · Variation (astronomy) · Zoology · Ecology · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Mathematics · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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