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Ontogenetic integration of the hominoid face

ACKERMANN, R·2005·Journal of Human Evolution
DOI 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.11.001
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By investigating similarity in cranial covariation patterns, it is possible to locate underlying functional and developmental causes for the patterning, and to make inferences about the evolutionary forces that have acted to produce the patterns. Furthermore, establishing where these covariation patterns may diverge in ontogeny can offer insight into when selection may have acted on development. Here, covariation patterns are compared among adult and non-adult members of the African ape/human clade, in order to address three questions. First, are integration patterns constant among adult African apes and humans? Second, are they are constant in non-adults--i.e. throughout ontogeny? Third, if they are not constant, when do they diverge? Measurements are obtained from 677 crania of adult and non-adult African apes and humans. In order to address the first two questions, correlation matrices and theoretical integration matrices are compared using matrix correlation methods. The third question is evaluated by comparing correlation and variance/covariance patterns, using matrix correlation and random skewers methods, respectively, between adjacent age categories within each species, and between equivalent age categories among the four species. Results show that the hominoids share a similar pattern of ontogenetic integration, suggesting that common developmental/functional integrative processes may play an important role in keeping covariance structure stable across this lineage. However, there are some important differences in the magnitude of integration and in phenotypic covariance structure among the species, which may provide some insight into how selection acted to differentiate humans from the great apes.

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  • Patterns of covariation and correlation between different parts of the cranium are partially independent, suggesting they behave as partially independent units.

    “In fact, different studies have shown that the patterns of covariation and correlation between different parts of the cranium are partially independent, thus suggesting that they behave as partially independent units [15,39–42].”

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  • Facial growth is closely integrated with the development of the braincase and other cranial components, highlighting interdependence of morphological modules during growth and development.

    “facial growth is closely integrated with the development of the braincase (neurocranium), and other cranial components 4 , highlighting the interdependence of different morphological traits, or modules, during growth and development 5,6”

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Authors
ACKERMANN, R.
Affiliations
University of Cape Town (ZA)
Corresponding author
ACKERMANN, R
ORCID
ACKERMANN, R
Venue
Journal of Human Evolution
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-02
Volume
48
Issue
2
Pages
175-197
ISSN
0047-2484 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.11.001
OpenAlex
W2014292567
Cited by
150
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 8
FWCI
10.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Human Evolution (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Geometry and Topology › Morphological variations and asymmetry
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
Keywords
cranial integration, developmental constraints, human evolution, great apes, skull morphology, covariance structure, age-related variation
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Africa, Animals, Child, Biological Evolution, Face, Fossils, Humans, Skull, Hominidae

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