The Ross Lab has a long standing interest in craniofacial function during feeding in primates. Experimental studies are informing studies of muscle architecture dynamics and sagittal suture function in capuchins.

Related Publications

Biomechanics of the mandible of Macaca mulatta during the power stroke of mastication: Loading, deformation, and strain regimes and the impact of food type
Panagiotopoulou, O, Iriarte-Diaz, J, Mehari-Abraha, H, Taylor, AB, Wilshin, S, Dechow, PC. Journal of Human Evolution. 147 (2020) [DOI]

Evolution, constraint and optimality in primate feeding systems
V. Ed. Ross, CF, Iriarte-Diaz, J. Feeding In Vertebrates, Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer Nature, Switzerland. Pp. 787-829 (2019) [DOI]

Gape drives regional variation in temporalis architectural dynamics in tufted capuchins
Myra F. Laird, Jose Iriarte-Diaz, Craig D. Byron, Michael C. Granatosky, Andrea B. Taylor and Callum F. Ross. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 378: 20220550. (2023) [PDF] [DOI]

Macaca mulatta is a good model for human mandibular fixation research
Pranav N Haravu, Hyab Mehari Abraha, Michelle Shang, Jose Iriarte-Diaz, Andrea B Taylor, Russell R Reid, Callum F Ross, Olga Panagiotopoulou. Royal Society Open Science. 16;9(11):220438 (2023) [DOI] [PubMed]

Mechanical compensation in the evolution of the early hominin feeding apparatus
Ledogar, J, Senck, S, Villmoare, B, Smith, A, Weber, G, Richmond, B, Dechow, P, Ross, CF, Grosse, I, Wright, B, Wang, Q, Byron, C, Benazzi, S, Carlson, K, Carlson, K, McIntosh, L, van Casteren, A, Strait, D. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 337300:51:00 (2022) [DOI]

Muscle architecture dynamics modulate performance of the superficial anterior temporalis muscle during chewing in capuchins
Laird, MF, Granatosky, MC, Taylor, AB, Ross, CF. Scientific Reports. 116:50:00 (2020) [DOI]

Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins
Megan A Holmes, Claire E Terhune, Janine Chalk-Wilayto, Caitlin B Yoakum, Parker Taylor, Rocio Ramirez, Megan P Solís, Taylor A Polvadore, Callum F Ross, Andrea B Taylor, Mariana Dutra Fogaca, Myra F Laird. Journal of Morphology. 285(5):e21705 (2024) [DOI] [PubMed]

Sagittal plane kinematics of the jaw and hyolingual apparatus during swallowing in Macaca mulatta 
Nakamura, Y, Iriarte-Diaz, J, Arce-McShane, F, Orsbon, CP, Brown, KA, Eastment, M, Inoue, M, Ross, CF, Takahashi, K. Dysphagia. 32(5): 663-677 (2017) [DOI]

The impact of measurement technique and sampling on estimates of skeletal muscle fibre architecture
Andrea B. Taylor, Claire E. Terhune, Callum F. Ross, Christopher J. Vinyard. The Anatomical Record. Volume 307, Issue 9 (2024) [DOI]