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Claire E. Terhune
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Federal Grant PI
Researcher
Also affiliated: Duke University (2011–2015); University of Chicago (2011); Duke Medical Center (2011–2013); Duke University Hospital (2011–2013); Arizona State University (2007–2008)
Faculty Researcher
18 h-index
75 pubs
1,057 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Claire E. Terhune's research focuses on the study of primate anatomy, biomechanics, and paleoanthropology, with a particular emphasis on craniofacial morphology and functional adaptations. Her work investigates how skeletal structures relate to feeding behaviors and evolutionary history across various primate species, including humans and their fossil ancestors. Terhune has examined topics such as bite force, gape, and fluctuating asymmetry in the skulls and jaws of different primate groups, from capuchins and macaques to gorillas and chimpanzees.
Her research extends to the fossil record, contributing to the understanding of early hominin presence and dispersal in Eurasia. Terhune has been involved in multiproxy paleoenvironmental reconstructions of Early Pleistocene sites, integrating paleontological data to shed light on ancient ecosystems and faunal communities. She has also explored the paleontology of specific fossil mammals from regions like Romania.
Terhune has received federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for her research. This includes support for doctoral dissertation research on primate hyoid bone and suprahyoid muscle function, as well as collaborative projects focused on advancing spatial archaeometry. Her scholarly output is reflected in a h-index of 18, with over 75 publications and more than 1,000 citations. She leads a research group and collaborates with researchers from the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith and within the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Metrics
- h-index: 18
- Publications: 75
- Citations: 1,057
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 (<i>Sapajus</i>) and untufted (<i>Cebus</i>) 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 <i>Eulemur</i> and <i>Varecia</i> (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
Myra F. Laird
Translational Therapeutics (United States) (US)
7 shared publications
- Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins
- Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins
- Tradeoffs between bite force and gape in <i>Eulemur</i> and <i>Varecia</i>
- Jaw‐Muscle Structure and Function in Primates: Insights Into Muscle Performance and Feeding‐System Behaviors
- Ontogenetic biomechanics of tufted (<i>Sapajus</i>) and untufted (<i>Cebus</i>) capuchin mandibles
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Andrea B. Taylor
Touro University California (US)
7 shared publications
- Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins
- Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins
- Tradeoffs between bite force and gape in <i>Eulemur</i> and <i>Varecia</i>
- 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
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Megan A. Holmes
Duke University (US)
6 shared publications
- Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins
- Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins
- Jaw‐Muscle Structure and Function in Primates: Insights Into Muscle Performance and Feeding‐System Behaviors
- Ontogenetic biomechanics of tufted (<i>Sapajus</i>) and untufted (<i>Cebus</i>) capuchin mandibles
- Ontogenetic Changes in Feeding Behaviors in Tufted Capuchins
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Sabrina Curran
Ohio University (US)
5 shared publications
- 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 <i>Pachycrocuta</i> event: implications for hominin dispersals in Western Eurasia
- CARNIVORA FROM THE EARLY PLEISTOCENE OF GRĂUNCEANU (OLTEŢ RIVER VALLEY, DACIAN BASIN, ROMANIA)
Virgil Drăgușin
Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology (RO)
5 shared publications
- 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 <i>Pachycrocuta</i> event: implications for hominin dispersals in Western Eurasia
- CARNIVORA FROM THE EARLY PLEISTOCENE OF GRĂUNCEANU (OLTEŢ RIVER VALLEY, DACIAN BASIN, ROMANIA)
- Dental remains of Plio–Pleistocene Cercopithecidae (Mammalia: Primates) from Romania
Alexandru Petculescu
Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology (RO)
5 shared publications
- 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 <i>Pachycrocuta</i> event: implications for hominin dispersals in Western Eurasia
- CARNIVORA FROM THE EARLY PLEISTOCENE OF GRĂUNCEANU (OLTEŢ RIVER VALLEY, DACIAN BASIN, ROMANIA)
Caitlin B. Yoakum
5 shared publications
In database
- Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins
- 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 (<i>Sapajus</i>) and untufted (<i>Cebus</i>) capuchin mandibles
- Ontogenetic Changes in Feeding Behaviors in Tufted Capuchins
Callum F. Ross
University of Chicago (US)
5 shared publications
- Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins
- Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins
- Tradeoffs between bite force and gape in <i>Eulemur</i> and <i>Varecia</i>
- 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
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
Claire A. Kirchhoff
Marquette University (US)
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
Siobhán B. Cooke
Johns Hopkins University (US)
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
Janine Chalk‐Wilayto
Mercer University Health Sciences Center (US)
4 shared publications
- Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins
- Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins
- Ontogenetic biomechanics of tufted (<i>Sapajus</i>) and untufted (<i>Cebus</i>) capuchin mandibles
- Ontogenetic Changes in Feeding Behaviors in Tufted Capuchins
Roman Croitor
Moldova State University (MD)
3 shared publications
- 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 <i>Pachycrocuta</i> event: implications for hominin dispersals in Western Eurasia
Briana Pobiner
Smithsonian Institution (US)
3 shared publications
- 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 <i>Pachycrocuta</i> event: implications for hominin dispersals in Western Eurasia
Chris Robinson
The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
3 shared publications
- 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 <i>Pachycrocuta</i> event: implications for hominin dispersals in Western Eurasia