...M.C. Dean Detailed accounts of the muscular relations and attachments in the prevertebral and upper pharyngeal region of the cranial base of extant hominoids and fossil hominids are described in this paper. Marked differences exist in the cranial attachments of the longus capitis, superior...

...M.C. Dean; B.A. Wood This study tests the hypothesis that there is a general pattern in the growth of the cranial base of Homo sapiens that is ‘essentially neotenous’ [Gould, 1977]. Juvenile and adult crania of Homo sapiens, Gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes and Pongo pygmaeus were studied...

... and Pongo were dissected and described. Eight casts of fossil hominid cranial bases were also studied along with measurements and notes made from the same original fossil hominid specimens to assess their soft tissue markings in the light of the findings for the three great apes. The results indicate...

... variegatus Cranial base Primate phylogeny Folia primatol. 29: 81-85 (1978) Middle Ear Morphology of Lemur variegatus Some Implications for Primate Paleontology G lenn C. Conroy and John R. Wible1 Department of Cell Biology, New York University Medical Center, and Department of Anthropology, New York...