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Claire E. Terhune
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Also affiliated: Duke University (2011–2015); University of Chicago (2011); Duke Medical Center (2011–2015); Arizona State University (2007–2008)
19 h-index
76 pubs
1,076 cited
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Claire E. Terhune's research focuses on the biomechanics and functional morphology of the craniofacial skeleton, particularly within primate and hominid lineages. Her work often employs geometric morphometrics to analyze three-dimensional skull and jaw structures, investigating how form relates to function in mastication and feeding behaviors. Terhune has published extensively on variation in primate jaw architecture and its influence on gape limits, as well as on the application of geometric morphometrics to study trabecular bone structure and fossil hominin variation.
Her federally funded work includes a National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Research grant to assess the chewing function of the hyoid bone and suprahyoid muscles in primates. She has also served as a Co-PI on two collaborative NSF grants focused on Spatial Archaeometry, leveraging and advancing research, experimentation, and education in this field. Terhune leads a research group at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and collaborates with researchers from institutions including Arkansas Colleges of Health Education and within her own university.
Terhune's scholarly contributions are reflected in her h-index of 19, with over 1,076 citations across 76 publications. Her recent work has explored individual variation in the masticatory system of wombats and the correlates of human temporal bone variation.
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- h-index: 19
- Publications: 76
- Citations: 1,076
Selected Publications
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A (Bite) Force to Be Reckoned With (2025)
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Ontogenetic Changes in Feeding Behaviors in Tufted Capuchins (2025)
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Jaw‐Muscle Structure and Function in Primates: Insights Into Muscle Performance and Feeding‐System Behaviors (2025)
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Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago (2025)
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The influence of age, biological sex, anthropometrics, and neck characteristics on external occipital protuberance size (2024)
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Jaw-muscle fiber architecture and skull form facilitate relatively wide jaw gapes in male cercopithecoid monkeys (2024)
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Sexual Dimorphism and Divergent Evolutionary Pathways in Primate Cranial Biomechanics: Insights From a Theoretical Morphology Framework (2024)
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Variation in Craniodental Pathologies Among Cercopithecoid Primates (2024)
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Ontogenetic biomechanics of tufted (Sapajus) and untufted (Cebus) capuchin mandibles (2024)
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Dental remains of Plio–Pleistocene Cercopithecidae (Mammalia: Primates) from Romania (2024)
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Tradeoffs between bite force and gape in Eulemur and Varecia (2024)
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Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins (2024)
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The impact of measurement technique and sampling on estimates of skeletal muscle fibre architecture (2024)
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CARNIVORA FROM THE EARLY PLEISTOCENE OF GRĂUNCEANU (OLTEŢ RIVER VALLEY, DACIAN BASIN, ROMANIA) (2023)
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Skeletal age during hurricane impacts fluctuating asymmetry in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques (2023)
Federal Grants 3 $490,471 total
NSF
Co-PI
Sep 2021 - Aug 2023
NSF
Co-PI
Aug 2023 - May 2026
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Andrea B. Taylor
Touro University California (US)
11 shared publications
- Jaw-muscle architecture and mandibular morphology influence relative maximum jaw gapes in the sexually dimorphic Macaca fascicularis
- Jaw‐Muscle Fiber Architecture and Leverage in the Hard‐Object Feeding Sooty Mangabey are not Structured to Facilitate Relatively Large Bite Forces Compared to Other Papionins
- Functional correlates of the position of the axis of rotation of the mandible during chewing in non-human primates
- The influence of masseter and temporalis sarcomere length operating ranges as determined by laser diffraction on architectural estimates of muscle force and excursion in macaques (Macaca fascicularis and Macaca mulatta)
- Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
Chris Robinson
The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
9 shared publications
- Error in geometric morphometric data collection: Combining data from multiple sources
- Early Pleistocene fauna of the Olteţ River Valley of Romania: Biochronological and biogeographic implications
- Ontogenetic variation in the mandibular ramus of great apes and humans
- Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago
- Mandibular ramus shape of Australopithecus sediba suggests a single variable species
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Callum F. Ross
University of Chicago (US)
7 shared publications
- Jaw‐Muscle Fiber Architecture and Leverage in the Hard‐Object Feeding Sooty Mangabey are not Structured to Facilitate Relatively Large Bite Forces Compared to Other Papionins
- Functional correlates of the position of the axis of rotation of the mandible during chewing in non-human primates
- Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins
- The impact of measurement technique and sampling on estimates of skeletal muscle fibre architecture
- Tradeoffs between bite force and gape in Eulemur and Varecia
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Megan A. Holmes
Duke University (US)
7 shared publications
- Jaw‐Muscle Fiber Architecture and Leverage in the Hard‐Object Feeding Sooty Mangabey are not Structured to Facilitate Relatively Large Bite Forces Compared to Other Papionins
- Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins
- Jaw‐Muscle Structure and Function in Primates: Insights Into Muscle Performance and Feeding‐System Behaviors
- Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins
- Ontogenetic biomechanics of tufted (Sapajus) and untufted (Cebus) capuchin mandibles
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Caitlin B. Yoakum
7 shared publications
In database
- Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins
- Sex and Height Influence Neck Posture When Using Electronic Handheld Devices
- The inferior alveolar nerve and its relationship to the mandibular canal
- Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins
- Ontogenetic biomechanics of tufted (Sapajus) and untufted (Cebus) capuchin mandibles
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Sabrina Curran
Ohio University (US)
7 shared publications
- Early Pleistocene fauna of the Olteţ River Valley of Romania: Biochronological and biogeographic implications
- Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago
- Multiproxy paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Early Pleistocene sites from the Olteţ River Valley of Romania
- The youngest pangolin (Mammalia, Pholidota) from Europe
- Early pleistocene ruminants (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Dacian Basin (South Romania) before and after the Pachycrocuta event: implications for hominin dispersals in Western Eurasia
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Virgil Drăgușin
Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology (RO)
7 shared publications
- Early Pleistocene fauna of the Olteţ River Valley of Romania: Biochronological and biogeographic implications
- Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago
- Multiproxy paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Early Pleistocene sites from the Olteţ River Valley of Romania
- Early pleistocene ruminants (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Dacian Basin (South Romania) before and after the Pachycrocuta event: implications for hominin dispersals in Western Eurasia
- CARNIVORA FROM THE EARLY PLEISTOCENE OF GRĂUNCEANU (OLTEŢ RIVER VALLEY, DACIAN BASIN, ROMANIA)
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Alexandru Petculescu
Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology (RO)
7 shared publications
- Early Pleistocene fauna of the Olteţ River Valley of Romania: Biochronological and biogeographic implications
- Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago
- Multiproxy paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Early Pleistocene sites from the Olteţ River Valley of Romania
- The youngest pangolin (Mammalia, Pholidota) from Europe
- Early pleistocene ruminants (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Dacian Basin (South Romania) before and after the Pachycrocuta event: implications for hominin dispersals in Western Eurasia
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Myra F. Laird
Translational Therapeutics (United States) (US)
7 shared publications
- Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins
- Jaw‐Muscle Structure and Function in Primates: Insights Into Muscle Performance and Feeding‐System Behaviors
- Tradeoffs between bite force and gape in Eulemur and Varecia
- Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins
- Ontogenetic biomechanics of tufted (Sapajus) and untufted (Cebus) capuchin mandibles
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Siobhán B. Cooke
Johns Hopkins University (US)
6 shared publications
- Form, Function, and Geometric Morphometrics
- Form and Function in the Platyrrhine Skull: A Three‐Dimensional Analysis of Dental and TMJ Morphology
- Bolstering geometric morphometrics sample sizes with damaged and pathologic specimens: Is near enough good enough?
- Craniofacial fluctuating asymmetry in gorillas, chimpanzees, and macaques
- Temporomandibular joint shape in anthropoid primates varies widely and is patterned by size and phylogeny
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Christopher J. Vinyard
Ohio University (US)
5 shared publications
- Jaw-muscle architecture and mandibular morphology influence relative maximum jaw gapes in the sexually dimorphic Macaca fascicularis
- Jaw‐Muscle Fiber Architecture and Leverage in the Hard‐Object Feeding Sooty Mangabey are not Structured to Facilitate Relatively Large Bite Forces Compared to Other Papionins
- The influence of masseter and temporalis sarcomere length operating ranges as determined by laser diffraction on architectural estimates of muscle force and excursion in macaques (Macaca fascicularis and Macaca mulatta)
- The impact of measurement technique and sampling on estimates of skeletal muscle fibre architecture
- Jaw-muscle fiber architecture and skull form facilitate relatively wide jaw gapes in male cercopithecoid monkeys
Ashly N. Romero
University of Arizona (US)
5 shared publications
- Craniofacial fluctuating asymmetry in gorillas, chimpanzees, and macaques
- Skeletal age during hurricane impacts fluctuating asymmetry in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques
- Sex and Height Influence Neck Posture When Using Electronic Handheld Devices
- A Biomechanical Analysis of Cervical Spine Posture using Geometric Morphometrics
- The Role of Social Group and Matriline on Fluctuating Asymmetry in Female Rhesus Macaques
Roman Croitor
Moldova State University (MD)
4 shared publications
- Early Pleistocene fauna of the Olteţ River Valley of Romania: Biochronological and biogeographic implications
- Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago
- Multiproxy paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Early Pleistocene sites from the Olteţ River Valley of Romania
- Early pleistocene ruminants (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Dacian Basin (South Romania) before and after the Pachycrocuta event: implications for hominin dispersals in Western Eurasia
Marius Robu
Romanian Institute of Science and Technology (RO)
4 shared publications
- Early Pleistocene fauna of the Olteţ River Valley of Romania: Biochronological and biogeographic implications
- Multiproxy paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Early Pleistocene sites from the Olteţ River Valley of Romania
- CARNIVORA FROM THE EARLY PLEISTOCENE OF GRĂUNCEANU (OLTEŢ RIVER VALLEY, DACIAN BASIN, ROMANIA)
- Geological and geomorphological investigations in the Early Pleistocene paleontological multi-site of Olteț River Valley, Romania
D. Rex Mitchell
Flinders University (AU)
4 shared publications
- Bolstering geometric morphometrics sample sizes with damaged and pathologic specimens: Is near enough good enough?
- Craniofacial fluctuating asymmetry in gorillas, chimpanzees, and macaques
- Temporomandibular joint shape in anthropoid primates varies widely and is patterned by size and phylogeny
- Variation in Craniodental Pathologies Among Cercopithecoid Primates