Fred Anapol
- Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
Education
PhD, State University of New York
Research Interests
The neuromuscular biology of feeding and locomotion from the perspectives of both evolutionary morphology and function.
Related Activities
- Former Director, Center for Forensic Science
- Former Faculty member, Neurosciences Program
Selected Publications
Porro, L. B., Holliday, C. M., Anapol, F. C., Ontiveros, L. C., Ontiveros, L. T., & Ross, C. F.(2011) Free body analysis, beam mechanics, and finite element analysis of the mandible of Alligator mississippiensis.Journal of Morphology, 272(8), 910-937.
Reed, D. A., Porro, L. , Irarte-Diaz, J. , Lemberg, J. , Holliday, C. , Anapol, F. C., & Ross, C. F.(2011) The impact of bone and suture material properties on mandibular function in Alligator mississippiensis: testing theoretical phenotypes with finite element analysis.Journal of Anatomy, 218(1), 59-74.
Ross, C. , Reed, D. , Washington, R. , Anapol, F. C., & Shahnoor, N. (2009) Scaling of chew cycle duration in primates.American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 138(1), 30-44.
Taylor, A. B., Eng, C. M., Anapol, F. C., & Vinyard, C. J.(2009) The functional significance of jaw-muscle fiber architecture in tree-gouging marmosets.Ford, S. M., Porter, L. M., & Davis, L. C.(Eds). The Smallest Anthropoids: The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation, 381-394. Springer.
Taylor, A. B., Eng, C. M., Anapol, F. C., & Vinyard, C. J.(2009) The functional correlates of jaw-muscle architecture in tree-gouging and nongouging callithrichid monkeys.American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 139(3), 353-367.
Anapol, F. , Shahnoor, N. , & Ross, C. (2008) Scaling of reduced physiologic cross-sectional area in primate muscles of mastication.Vinyard, C. (Ed). Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology.
Anapol, F. , Turner, T. R., Mott, C. S., & Jolly, C. J.(2005) Comparative postcranial body shape and locomotion in Chlorocebus aethiops and Cercopithecus mitis.American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 127(2), 231-239.
, & (2004) Shaping Primate Evolution.Anapol, F. C., German, R. Z., & Jablonski, N. G.(Eds). 426 pp. Cambridge University Press.
Anapol, F. , & Herring, S. W.(2000) Ontogeny of histochemical fiber types and muscle function in the masseter muscle of miniature swine.American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 112(4), 595-613.