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SUBMITTER: von Cramon-Taubadel N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3241821 | biostudies-other | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20111121 49
Variation in the masticatory behavior of hunter-gatherer and agricultural populations is hypothesized to be one of the major forces affecting the form of the human mandible. However, this has yet to be analyzed at a global level. Here, the relationship between global mandibular shape variation and subsistence economy is tested, while controlling for the potentially confounding effects of shared population history, geography, and climate. The results demonstrate that the mandible, in contrast to ...[more]