Affiliation: University of Calgary
- Facial morphometrics of children with non-syndromic orofacial clefts in TanzaniaMange Manyama
Department of Anatomy, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, P, O, Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania
BMC Oral Health 14:93. 2014..Knowledge of craniofacial shape among individuals with non-syndromic CL/P in African populations will provide further understanding of the ethnic and phenotypic variation present in non-syndromic orofacial clefts...
- An assessment of orofacial clefts in TanzaniaMange Manyama
Department of Anatomy, Bugando University College of Health Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania
BMC Oral Health 11:5. 2011..To date, little is known regarding the epidemiology and pattern of orofacial clefts in Tanzania...
- Walking, running and the evolution of short toes in humansCampbell Rolian
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
J Exp Biol 212:713-21. 2009..The increased mechanical cost associated with long toes in running suggests that modern human forefoot proportions might have been selected for in the context of the evolution of endurance running...
- The coevolution of human hands and feetCampbell Rolian
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N4N1, Canada
Evolution 64:1558-68. 2010....
- Hand biomechanics during simulated stone tool useCampbell Rolian
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, Health Research Innovation Centre 3AC64, 3330 Hospital Drive N W, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
J Hum Evol 61:26-41. 2011..Our data support the hypothesis that evolutionary increases in thumb length, robusticity, and thenar muscle mass enabled Homo to produce more force and to tolerate higher joint stresses during tool use...
- Reassessing manual proportions in Australopithecus afarensisCampbell Rolian
Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N4N1
Am J Phys Anthropol 152:393-406. 2013..Functionally, these results suggest Au. afarensis could not produce precision grips with the same efficiency as modern humans, which may in part account for the absence of lithic technology in this fossil taxon...
- Locomotor anatomy and biomechanics of the Dmanisi homininsHerman Pontzer
Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
J Hum Evol 58:492-504. 2010..Primitive retentions in the Dmanisi foot suggest that locomotor evolution continued through the early Pleistocene...
- Developmental basis of limb length in rodents: evidence for multiple divisions of labor in mechanisms of endochondral bone growthCampbell Rolian
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Evol Dev 10:15-28. 2008....
- The generation of variation and the developmental basis for evolutionary noveltyBenedikt Hallgrimsson
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, McCaig Bone and Joint Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol 318:501-17. 2012..e., "evo-devo") but of evolutionary biology more generally. We explore this definition of novelty in light of four examples that range from the obvious to subtle...