Palatal thickening and facial form in Paranthropus: examination of alternative developmental models.
Palatal thickening and facial form in Paranthropus: examination of alternative developmental models.
M. McCollum,M. McCollum
1997 · DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199707)103:3<375::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-P
American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 26 Citations
TLDR
Evaluation of palatal thickening in great ape and human crania specimens suggests that the unusually thick hard palate of Paranthropus is directly related to the increased posterior facial height characteristic of this taxon.