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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Comparison of the endocranial ontogenies between chimpanzees and bonobos via temporal regression and spatiotemporal registration
Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 62, No. 1, Year 2012
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This paper aims at quantifying ontogenetic differences between bonobo (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) endocrania, using dental development as a timeline. We utilize a methodology based on smooth and invertible deformations combined with a metric of " currents" that defines a distance between endocranial surfaces and does not rely on correspondence between landmarks. This allows us to perform a temporal surface regression that estimates typical endocranial ontogenetic trajectories separately for bonobos and chimpanzees. We highlight non-linear patterns of endocranial ontogenetic change and significant differences between species at local anatomical levels rather than considering the endocranium as a uniform entity. A spatiotemporal registration permits the quantification of inter-species differences decomposed into a morphological deformation (accounting for size and shape differences independently of age) and a time warp (accounting for changes in the dynamics of development). Our statistical simulations suggest that patterns of endocranial volume (EV) increase may differ significantly between bonobos and chimpanzees, with an earlier phase of a relatively rapid increase (preferentially at some endocranial subdivisions) in the former and a much later phase of relatively rapid increase in the latter. As a consequence, the chimpanzee endocranium appears to reach its adult size later. Moreover, the time warp indicates that juvenile bonobos develop much slower than juvenile chimpanzees, suggesting that inter-specific ontogenetic shifts do not only concern EV increase, but also the rate of shape changes over time. Our method provides, for the first time, a quantitative estimation of inter-specific ontogenetic shifts that appear to differentiate non-linearly. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Durrleman, Stanley
France, Sophia Antipolis
Centre Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Centre Borelli
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Pennec, Xavier
France, Sophia Antipolis
Centre Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée
Ayache, Nicholas
France, Sophia Antipolis
Centre Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée
Braga, José
France, Toulouse
Centre d’ Anthropobiologie et de Génomique de Toulouse
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Citations: 68
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.10.004
ISSN:
00472484
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Approach
Quantitative