title: [Phylogenic interest of the clivo-pterygoid angle].
abstract: The comparison between the planum-clivus angle of Man and the african Pongids shows that the closing of this angle is the result of a noticeable rotation of the clivus and a less important rotation of the planum in an opposite direction.
mesh_terms: D000717:Anatomy, Comparative; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D015186:Hominidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
vernacular_title: Interet phylogenique de l'angle clivo-pterygoidien