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The mechanical significance of anatomically modern human and Neanderthal mandibular morphology : a study using voxel-based finite element modeling

Year: 2009

Type: dissertation

Abstract: In this study, finite element analysis (FEA) was used to investigate the mechanical significance of anatomically modem human and Neanderthal mandibular morphology.First, the FEA approach applied here was successfully validated against results of an in vitro experiment and the relative importance of different input variables was assessed in a series of sensitivity analyses.Second, masticatory loads were simulated in models of anatomically modem human, Neanderthal and H. heidelbergensis mandibles to investigate the mechanical significance of specific aspects of human mandibular morphology and to assess differences in load resistance between these human taxa.I wish to thank Dr. Kornelius Kupczik for the software training he provided and his invaluable support during the start phase

Source: White Rose eTheses Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York)

Author: Flora Gröning

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2553344202

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