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No two halves are identical: a quantitative study of cranial asymmetry in human and non-human primates

Coordinatore	EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN    more  Organization address address: GESCHWISTER-SCHOLL-PLATZ city: TUEBINGEN postcode: 72074 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Jutta Cognome: Pickel Email: send email Telefono: +49 7071 2976895 Fax: +49 7071 5300
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	30˙000 €
EC contributo	30˙000 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2010-RG
Funding Scheme	MC-ERG
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-02-01   -   2013-01-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN  Organization address address: GESCHWISTER-SCHOLL-PLATZ city: TUEBINGEN postcode: 72074 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Jutta Cognome: Pickel Email: send email Telefono: +49 7071 2976895 Fax: +49 7071 5300	DE (TUEBINGEN)	coordinator	30˙000.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Asymmetry is a fundamental biological aspect of all organisms. Cranial asymmetry is regarded as a signature for genetic and developmental instabilities and manifests itself in different aspects of the physiology and morphology. The most conspicuous form of bilateral asymmetry is directional asymmetry (difference between left and right sides of a body part). Understanding the biological processes underlying variability and variation is fundamental to biological anthropology and most other biological fields. The proposed project is the first of its kind to conduct an in-depth quantitative study of cranial asymmetry and bears implications for the evolution and development of human and non-human primate crania. This study will: 1) examine the evolutionary origin of directional asymmetry in hominoids; 2) examine the development of such asymmetric features in a large ontogenetic sample; 3) examine the pattern and degree of asymmetric variation between pathological (microcephalic) and non-pathological humans. The study will use quantitative methods such as landmark-based 3D geometric morphometrics to collect and analyse cranial measurements obtained from living human and non-human apes such as gibbons, orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees. The outcome of this study will bear important implications for paleoanthropology, evolutionary biology and possibly clinical studies on cranio-facial variation.'