This volume focuses on the variation in skull pneumatization in^anthropoid primates. The authors begin with an overview of phylogeny of skull pneumatization in vertebrates, and then focus on the growth, morphology, physiology, and evolutionary history of the paranasal sinuses of primates. Selected themes on the craniofacial morphology of humans and higher primates are also covered. Research on these key structures may provide new insight into primate evolution as well as useful information for clinicians who work with the variety of bony and mucosal structures of the paranasal sinuses.

260pp: 107 illus (34 in color)

ISBN: 0-86715-899-6
978-0-86715-359-0 , 9780867153590

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. The Phylogenetic History of Paranasal Air Sinuses
3. Development of the Paranasal Sinuses in Humans
4. Physiology of the Paranasal Sinuses in Health and Disease
5. Development of the Paranasal Sinuses in Human Fetuses With Cleft Lip and Palate
6. Pneumatization of the Facial Skeleton in Catarrhine Primates
7. Quantitative Analysis of the Maxillary Sinus in Catarrhine Primates
8. Factors in the Development of the Paranasal Sinuses
9. Factors in the Evolution of the Primate Pneumatic Cavities: Possible Roles of the Paranasal Sinuses
10. The Maxillary Sinus in Primate Paleontology and Systematics
11. Maxillary Sinuses, Dentition, Diet, and Arch Form in some Anthropoid Primates
12. Computed Tomography-Based Three-Dimensional Imaging of Hominid Fossils: Features of the Broken Hill 1, Wadjak 1, and SK 47 Crania
13. The Influence of Sample Selection on Results in Empirical Studies and Heuristics
14. Morphology of the Temporomandibular Joint of Higher Primates



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