# overview
Dr. Wang's earlier work focused on the comparative morphology of craniofacial skeletons of Mid Pleistocene hominin fossils.  During his postdoctoral training, he was involved in a number of  studies examining the internal structure of craniofacial bone and suture morphology and how it is related to skeletal growth, function and adaptation.  His recent research focuses on the functional morphology and biomechanics of the craniofacial skeleton.  He has incorporated a range of methods, including geometric morphometrics (e.g., 3D Euclidean Distance Matrix Analysis and Generalized Procrustes Analysis/GPA), experimental approaches (e.g., in vitro strain measurements and ultrasonic techniques), computer-aided modeling and biomechanical analysis ( e.g., Finite Element Analysis), as well as phenotypic analyses.  He has worked intensively on the various primate skeletal collections and has developed protocols for data collection and analyses of  museum skeletal collections.  In addition, he is a member of a multi-institutional research team made up of anatomists and anthropologists who have specialized in various aspects of functional morphology in order to systematically reassess the reconstruction and biomechanical interpretation of the face of early human types, based on current morphological and phylogenetic evidence and advances in biomechanical methods.

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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4302 Heritage, Archive And Museum Studies

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Texas A&M Health Science Center - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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University of the Witwatersrand - (Johannesburg, South Africa)

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Chinese Academy of Sciences - (Beijing, Beijing, China)

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Violence in the first millennium BCE Eurasian steppe: Cranial trauma in three Turpan Basin populations from Xinjiang, China.

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16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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How do the bone elastic properties vary through different layers of the skull? (920.1)

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Skeletal Demography in Neolithic and Bronze-Iron Age Northern China

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Hiding a leaf in the forest: uncovering a 1300-year-old homicide case in a 2000-year-old cemetery

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16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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First case of juvenile primary bone malignant neoplasm in ancient China: A skeleton from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534 CE)

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The structural rigidity of the cranium of Australopithecus africanus: implications for diet, dietary adaptations, and the allometry of feeding biomechanics.

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Incidence of Intrazygomatic Sutures in Rhesus Macaques

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Divided Zygomatic Bone in Primates With Implications of Skull Morphology and Biomechanics.

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Secular trend in body weight of Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Cayo Santiago

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Recombinant human BMP-2 enhances the effects of materials used for reconstruction of large cranial defects.

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The mandibles of castrated male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): The effects of orchidectomy on bone and teeth.

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Handprints on Bricks from Xiheidai Cemetery during the Jin and Yuan Period in Inner Mongolia, China

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From head to tail: new models and approaches in primate functional anatomy and biomechanics.

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Free-ranging Cayo Santiago rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta): III. Dental eruption patterns and dental pathology.

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Bones, Genetics, and Behavior of Rhesus Macaques

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Growth of craniofacial skeletons in rhesus monkeys and its relevance to bone reconstruction

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Probabilistic finite element analysis of a craniofacial finite element model.

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Heredity of sutural patterns at the pterion in rhesus monkeys

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Footbinding and non-footbinding Han Chinese females in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912 CE) Xifengbu cemetery: a skeletal and mortuary analysis

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Handprints on bricks from the Jin-Yuan Period (1115-1368 CE) of Inner Mongolia, China - A case of art experiments by laborers

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Ontogeny and diachronic changes in sexual dimorphism in the craniofacial skeleton of rhesus macaques from Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico.

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Edentulation alters material properties of cortical bone in the human craniofacial skeleton: functional implications for craniofacial structure in primate evolution.

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Biomechanical implications of intraspecific shape variation in chimpanzee crania: moving toward an integration of geometric morphometrics and finite element analysis.

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Human feeding biomechanics: performance, variation, and functional constraints

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Changes in microarchitectural characteristics of mandibular sutures using microCT images in American Alligators during ontogeny

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Coming to the Caribbean-acclimation of Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Cayo Santiago.

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Mechanical compensation in the evolution of the early hominin feeding apparatus.

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Mechanical evidence that Australopithecus sediba was limited in its ability to eat hard foods.

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Talon cusp expression in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).

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A commoner with advanced surgery: A bioarcheological study of a trepanation case with special reference to the medical care system during the Western Zhou Dynasty of China (1045-771 BCE)

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Long-term effects of castration on the skeleton of male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).

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Fusion patterns of craniofacial sutures in rhesus monkey skulls of known age and sex from Cayo Santiago.

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Elastic Properties of Chimpanzee Craniofacial Cortical Bone.

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Added hardship to nomadic life: leg impairment in an early Iron Age individual from northwestern China (ca. 375 BCE) with special references to lower limb splint use

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Changes in biomechanical strain and morphology of rat calvarial sutures and bone after Tgf-3 inhibition of posterior interfrontal suture fusion.

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Social stratification during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty of China (771-476 bce): Mortuary and stable isotopic analyses of the Shangshihe cemetery

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Male Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) tend to have greater molar wear than females at comparable ages: exploring two possible reasons why.

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Human feeding biomechanics: performance, variation, and functional constraints.

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The Skeletal Remains of Members of the Royal Orchestra of the Marquis Yi of Zeng During the Zhou Dynasty, China

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The impaired nomad: A bioarchaeological study on an Early Iron Age case of knee ankylosis from the Jiaerkenjiaga Cemetery, Northwestern China

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The global impact of sutures assessed in a finite element model of a macaque cranium.

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Morphological and Biomechanical Consequences of Leg Amputation in a Warring States Individual (2200 BP) From the Frontier of Northern China

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The Biomechanics of Bony Facial "Buttresses" in South African Australopiths: An Experimental Study Using Finite Element Analysis.

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The biomechanical effect of the bipartite zygoma: A Finite Element Analysis of the impact of an auxiliary facial suture in the midface

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The largest headhunting event in prehistoric Asia: evidence of mass decapitation at the 4100-year-old Neolithic Age Honghe site, Heilongjiang, China

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Mechanical impact of incisor loading on the primate midfacial skeleton and its relevance to human evolution.

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Elastic properties of external cortical bone in the craniofacial skeleton of the rhesus monkey.

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Bite force production and the origin of Homo.

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U-Series dating of Liujiang hominid site in Guangxi, Southern China.

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Another interpretation of Homo antecessor.

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The Vulnerability of the Temporomandibular Joint in Recent Northern China Populations

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The feeding biomechanics and dietary ecology of Paranthropus boisei.

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Human feeding biomechanics: performance, variation, and functional constraints

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Biomechanical differences between inner and outer layers of the parietal cortical bone

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Revisiting Linear Enamel Hypoplasia in Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta): How a Stress Marker Relates to Environment and Maternal Lineage in a Rare Rhesus Colony With Known Life History.

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Patterns of entheseal changes and other activity markers in an ancient population from Neolithic to Bronze Age (80002300 BP) at the Houtaomuga site, Northeast China with special references to climate changes, subsistence strategies, sexbased labor divisions, and regional variations

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Errata: The Structural Rigidity of the Cranium of Australopithecus africanus: Implications for Diet, Dietary Adaptations, and the Allometry of Feeding Biomechanics

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Supernumerary Sutures in the Zygoma and their Impacts on Skull Modularity and Biomechanics

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A comparison of cortical elastic properties in the craniofacial skeletons of three primate species and its relevance to the study of human evolution.

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Genetic studies on the Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques: A review of 40 years of research.

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Trepanation during the late Neolithic Age from the Mapai cemetery in the Gan-Qing region, northwestern China-A bioarcheological and experimental study

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Intentional cranial modification from the Houtaomuga Site in Jilin, China: Earliest evidence and longest in situ practice during the Neolithic Age.

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Material properties of mandibular cortical bone in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis.

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Conceptual Design and Prototyping for a Primate Health History Knowledge Model.

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A shaman's surgical art? A neurosurgical and osteoarchaeological study of a therapeutic trepanation from the Yanghai cemetery in Turpan Basin, China

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Sagittal suture strain in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus and Cebus) during feeding.

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Coming to the Caribbean: Eighty-five years of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Cayo Santiago-A rare nonhuman primate model for the studies of adaptation, diseases, genetics, natural disasters, and resilience.

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Eternal love locked in an embrace and sealed with a ring: A Xianbei couple's joint burial in North Wei era, China (386-534 CE)

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Modeling elastic properties in finite-element analysis: how much precision is needed to produce an accurate model?

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Development, Structure, and Function of the Zygomatic Bones: What is New and Why Do We Care?

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A scientific analysis of cranial trepanation from an Early Iron Age cemetery on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China

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An Iron Age skull with a bone neoplasm from Nilka County, Xinjiang, China

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Sex-Based Differences in the Aging of the Spine (Vertebral Body) from Bronze Age Human Remains at the Dahekou Site in Yicheng County, Shanxi Province, China

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History of Health at Cayo Santiago-An Investigation of Environmental and Genetic Influences on the Skeletal Remains of the Introduced Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) Colony.

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Cranial Differences between Freshwater Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) and Saltwater Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

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Relationships between sex, body mass and tooth wear in Cayo Santiago rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

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Craniofacial strain patterns during premolar loading: implications for australopith feeding.

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The role of the sutures in biomechanical dynamic simulation of a macaque cranial finite element model: implications for the evolution of craniofacial form.

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Divided zygoma in Holocene human populations from Northern China.

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Odontogenic abscesses in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) of Cayo Santiago.

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High-precision U-series dating of Locality 1 at Zhoukoudian, China.

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Dental Maturity and the Ontogeny of Sex-Based Differences in the Dentofacial Complex of Rhesus Macaques from Cayo Santiago

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The feeding biomechanics and dietary ecology of Australopithecus africanus.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Viewpoints: diet and dietary adaptations in early hominins: the hard food perspective.

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Secular trends in the Cayo Santiago rhesus macaque population

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CSViewer for Analysts: I. Building an Integrative Database and Knowledge Model for the Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaque Colony and Its Derived Skeletal Collections.

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Ontogenetic changes in the microarchitecture of sutures in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

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Material properties of the skull layers of the primate parietal bone: A single-subject study.

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Pterion variation in the skulls of rhesus macaques from Cayo Santiago: Inheritance, development, and pathology.

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Foot-binding women skeletons from the Qing Dynasty Xifengbu cemetery, Hongtong, Shanxi Province, China

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Surviving punishment by body reduction in a hierarchical society: A bioarcheological study of two punitive amputation cases in Eastern Zhou Dynasty (771256 BCE) with references to the penal and medical systems of ancient China

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Surface Strain on Bone and Sutures in a Monkey Facial Skeleton: An In Vitro Approach and its Relevance to Finite Element Analysis

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Delayed closure of the anterior fontanelle in Iron Age children from Zaghunluq, northwestern China.

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First case of boring-and-cutting trepanation in ancient China

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Material properties of the dentate maxilla.

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Internal Bone Architecture in the Zygoma of Human and Pan.

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Regional, ontogenetic, and sex-related variations in elastic properties of cortical bone in baboon mandibles.

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Mechanical properties of intramandibular sutures in the American alligator

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Prevalence of periodontitis and odontogenic abscesses in Pan paniscus

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A finite element analysis of masticatory stress hypotheses.

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Red princess of the Silk Road - the first-and-only known case of cinnabar-stained teeth in antiquity from the Iron Age Western Regions (202BCE  8CE)

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Masticatory properties in pre-modern Holocene populations from Northern China.

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Inheritance of sutural pattern at the pterion in Rhesus monkey skulls.

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A re-examination of a human femur found at the Blind River Site, East London, South Africa: Its age, morphology, and breakage pattern

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Mass spectrometric U-series dating of Huanglong Cave in Hubei Province, Central China: evidence for early presence of modern humans in Eastern Asia.

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A Bronze Age mandibular anomaly from Gansu, China

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Microwear, mechanics and the feeding adaptations of Australopithecus africanus.

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Osteocytes in the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

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CSViewer for Analysts: II. Analytic Tools and Visualization of Founder Lineages, Social Groups, and Reproduction Dynamics of the Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaque Colony.

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Biomechanical effects of fixed partial denture therapy on strain patterns of the mandible.

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RIDIR Collaborative Research: Building a Database to Determine Environmental and Familial Effects on Social and Biological Factors

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University College of Dentistry; Biomedical Sciences; 3302 Gaston Avenue