Centre for Anatomical and Human Sciences, University of York

New paper from Phil Morris, Sam Cobb and Phil Cox using FEA to study the biomechanical significance of the large incisor seen in rodents and some other mammals

The biomechanical significance of the elongated rodent incisor root in the mandible during incision - Scientific Reports Rodents are characterised by a distinctive masticatory apparatus which includes a single pair of enlarged and continually growing incisors. This morphology, termed diprotodonty, has also independently evolved in a number of other mammals, including the aye-aye. This study examined the functional sig...

NERC-funded PhD project at the University of York on the functional development of the mammalian masticatory apparatus. Supervised by Laura Fitton, Alana Sharp and Phil Cox

ACCE DTP fully-funded project: Functional development within the mammalian masticatory apparatus: an investigation into feeding capabilities with changing diets. at University of York on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - ACCE DTP fully-funded project: Functional development within the mammalian masticatory apparatus: an investigation into feeding capabilities with changing diets. at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

NERC-funded PhD project at the University of York on the morphology and biomechanics of domestication and island dwarfism in sheep and goats. Supervised by Phil Cox, Jesse Hennekam, Karl Bates and David Orton.

ACCE DTP fully-funded project: The morphological and functional impacts of natural selection and domestication at University of York on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - ACCE DTP fully-funded project: The morphological and functional impacts of natural selection and domestication at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

New research from Eloy Galvez Lopez and Phil Cox, using GMM to investigate the cranial shape of European and American minks.

Cranial shape variation in mink: Separating two highly similar species Cranial shape and size variation in European (Mlu) and American minks (Nvi) were studied. Both species differed in shape but not size, while sexes within each differed in size but in shape only for N...

New paper from the centre: The role of the nasal region in craniofacial growth by Federica Landi, Paul O'Higgins and others.

The role of the nasal region in craniofacial growth: An investigation using path analysis This study focuses on the role of the nasal region and its interactions with adjacent facial elements during early ontogeny. A series of linear measurements, areas and volumes were extracted from a c...

New paper from Phil Cox and others on the use of muscle attachment areas as proxies in biomechanical models.

Back to the bones: do muscle area assessment techniques predict functional evolution across a macroevolutionary radiation? | Journal of The Royal Society Interface Measures of attachment or accommodation area on the skeleton are a popular means of rapidly generating estimates of muscle proportions and functional performance for use in large-scale macroevoluti...

Funded PhD opportunity in CAHS! PhD project on mammalian mandibles supervised by Sam Cobb and Nathan Jeffery (University of Liverpool). This is a Graduate Teaching Assistantship, so the successful candidate will gain teaching experience whilst undertaking their PhD.

The effect of mass distribution on the mechanics of the mammalian mandible at University of York on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - The effect of mass distribution on the mechanics of the mammalian mandible at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

And a second paper from the team in Anatomical Record - aging and sexual dimorphism in adults:

Growing old – do women and men age differently? Background Aging of the head and especially the face have been studied intensively, yet questions remain about the timing and rates of aging throughout adulthood and about the extent to which aging ...

New paper from CAHS - Olivia Smith, Antonio Profico, Paul O'Higgins and others on craniofacial growth and sexual dimorphism in children:

3D Modeling of craniofacial ontogeny and sexual dimorphism in children Background The range of normal variation of growth and development of the craniofacial region is of direct clinical interest but incompletely understood. Here we develop a statistical model of crani...

New paper in Proceedings B from CAHS PhD student Jesse Hennekam on the different routes to gigantism in Mediterranean dormice

Morphological divergence in giant fossil dormice | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Insular gigantism—evolutionary increases in body size from small-bodied mainland ancestors—is a conceptually significant, but poorly studied, evolutionary phenomenon. Gigantism is widespread on Med...

PhD on the morpho-functional evolution of the scapula available in CAHS.

Morpho-functional evolution of the mammalian scapula at University of York on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Morpho-functional evolution of the mammalian scapula at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

New article from the centre: Morphological and functional variation between isolated populations of British red squirrels

ZSL Publications The current distribution of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in Great Britain is highly fragmented. This study demonstrates significant variation in the mandible between British red squirrel populati...