The Australopithecine Face by Yoel Rak

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5%) are substantially higher than for A. africanus, and, indeed, the range of the 12 chimpanzees does not encompass the value of STS-5 and certainly not of STS-71, as indicated in Table 3. 3. Similarly, the position of the masseter can be examined in reference to an independent point (not in reference to the palate, as above). 25 Lateral View TABLE 3: Indices Expressing Relationships within the Masticatory System in Chimpanzee, Gorilla, A. africanus, A. robustus, and A. boisei. D. D. 2 A. 2 A. 3 A.

Afiicanus exhibits a slightly convex and relatively steeply rising frontal with no defined transition between the supraglabellar region and the frontal squama. Superior View THE FRONTAL SQUAMA AND THE TEMPORAL FORAMEN The superior view reveals a very constricted frontal. 5% of the biorbital distance. It is well known that the postorbital constriction is to a great extent a function of age and in many primates is reduced during maturation (see, for example, Schultz [1962] and Rak and Howell [1978]).

In relation to the biorbital distance, facial height resembles that found in many other primates. The bizygomatic distance seems to be slightly greater in A. africanus than the common primate pattern relative to facial height. In a side view, the anteroinferiorly sloping infraorbital bone table becomes almost parallel to the anterior profile of the face (the anterior pillar), causing the angle formed between the infraorbital region and the alveolar plane to be obtuse (Figure 14C). Measurements within the masticatory system reveal that the dental arcade in A.

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