Biomechanics of cross‐sectional size and shape in the hominoid mandibular corpus

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Mandibular cross sections of <jats:italic>Pan, Pongo, Gorilla, Homo</jats:italic>, and two fossil specimens of <jats:italic>Paranthropus</jats:italic> were examined by computed tomography (CT) to determine the biomechanical properties of the hominoid mandibular corpus. Images obtained by CT reveal that while the fossil hominids do not differ significantly from extant hominoids in the relative contribution of compact bone to total subperiosteal area, the shape of the <jats:italic>Paranthropus</jats:italic> corpora indicates that the mechanical design of the robust australopithecine mandible is fundamentally distinct from that of modern hominoids in terms of its ability to resist transverse bending and torsion. It is also apparent that, among the modern hominoids, interspecific and sexual differences in corpus shape are not significant from a biomechanical perspective.</jats:p><jats:p>While ellipse models have been used previously to describe the size, shape, and subsequent biomechanical properties of the corpus, the present study shows that such models do not predict the biomechanical properties of corpus cross‐sectional geometry in an accurate or reliable manner.</jats:p><jats:p>The traditional “robusticity” index of the mandibular corpus is of limited utility for biomechanical interpretations. The relationship of compact bone distribution in the corpus to dimensions such as mandibular length and arch width may provide a more functionally meaningful definition of mandibular robusticity.</jats:p>

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