title: [Jaws of human].
abstract: Some of main morphological differences between living humans and apes are seen in the size and overall proportions of mandibles;for example, in mandibular dental arch, angle of mandible, height of coronoid process and condyle, and development of chin. Here I review the comparative anatomy of mandible in the living humans and great apes and introduce briefly the morphological features in fossil hominid mandibles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagaoka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015186:Hominidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology*