期刊名称：Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris
印刷版ISSN：0037-8984
电子版ISSN：1777-5469
出版年度：2009
卷号：21
期号：3-4
出版社：Springer Healthcare Communications
摘要：A review of the visceral skeleton whose origin is in the branchial arches is reported here. It refers to bones, muscles and ligaments of relevant anatomical areas (ear ossicles, basicranium and mandible). The phylogenetic role of visceral skeleton components in the classification of prehistoric human remains has been analyzed by many scholars. It seems that the large morphological variation of these components among human groups makes their taxonomic significance questionable.
