Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis
The largest antlers of any known deer species belonged to the extinct giant deer Megaloceros giganteus. It has been argued that their antlers were too large for use in fighting, instead being used only in ritualized displays to attract mates. Here, we used finite-element analysis to test whether the...
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ftunivzuerich:oai:www.zora.uzh.ch:181631 2024-10-13T14:01:05+00:00 Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis Klinkhamer, Ada J Woodley, Nicholas Neenan, James M Parr, William C H Clausen, Philip Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R Sansalone, Gabriele Lister, Adrian M Wroe, Stephen 2019-10-09 application/pdf https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/181631/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/181631/1/rspb.2019.1873.pdf https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1873 eng eng Royal Society Publishing https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/181631/1/rspb.2019.1873.pdf doi:10.5167/uzh-181631 doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.1873 urn:issn:0962-8452 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Klinkhamer, Ada J; Woodley, Nicholas; Neenan, James M; Parr, William C H; Clausen, Philip; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R; Sansalone, Gabriele; Lister, Adrian M; Wroe, Stephen (2019). Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 286:20191873. Department of Paleontology 560 Fossils & prehistoric life General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology General Immunology and Microbiology General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Environmental Science General Medicine Journal Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftunivzuerich https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.187310.5167/uzh-181631 2024-09-25T00:59:11Z The largest antlers of any known deer species belonged to the extinct giant deer Megaloceros giganteus. It has been argued that their antlers were too large for use in fighting, instead being used only in ritualized displays to attract mates. Here, we used finite-element analysis to test whether the antlers of M. giganteus could have withstood forces generated during fighting. We compared the mechanical performance of antlers in M. giganteus with three extant deer species: red deer (Cervus elaphus), fallow deer (Dama dama) and elk (Alces alces). Von Mises stress results suggest that M. giganteus was capable of withstanding some fighting loads, provided that their antlers interlocked proximally, and that their antlers were best adapted for withstanding loads from twisting rather than pushing actions, as are other deer with palmate antlers. We conclude that fighting in M. giganteus was probably more constrained and predictable than in extant deer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces University of Zurich (UZH): ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive Giganteus ENVELOPE(62.500,62.500,-67.567,-67.567) |
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Department of Paleontology 560 Fossils & prehistoric life General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology General Immunology and Microbiology General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Environmental Science General Medicine Klinkhamer, Ada J Woodley, Nicholas Neenan, James M Parr, William C H Clausen, Philip Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R Sansalone, Gabriele Lister, Adrian M Wroe, Stephen Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis |
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The largest antlers of any known deer species belonged to the extinct giant deer Megaloceros giganteus. It has been argued that their antlers were too large for use in fighting, instead being used only in ritualized displays to attract mates. Here, we used finite-element analysis to test whether the antlers of M. giganteus could have withstood forces generated during fighting. We compared the mechanical performance of antlers in M. giganteus with three extant deer species: red deer (Cervus elaphus), fallow deer (Dama dama) and elk (Alces alces). Von Mises stress results suggest that M. giganteus was capable of withstanding some fighting loads, provided that their antlers interlocked proximally, and that their antlers were best adapted for withstanding loads from twisting rather than pushing actions, as are other deer with palmate antlers. We conclude that fighting in M. giganteus was probably more constrained and predictable than in extant deer. |
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Klinkhamer, Ada J Woodley, Nicholas Neenan, James M Parr, William C H Clausen, Philip Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R Sansalone, Gabriele Lister, Adrian M Wroe, Stephen |
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Klinkhamer, Ada J Woodley, Nicholas Neenan, James M Parr, William C H Clausen, Philip Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R Sansalone, Gabriele Lister, Adrian M Wroe, Stephen |
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Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis |
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Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis |
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Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis |
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Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis |
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Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis |
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head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis |
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Royal Society Publishing |
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2019 |
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https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/181631/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/181631/1/rspb.2019.1873.pdf https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1873 |
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Klinkhamer, Ada J; Woodley, Nicholas; Neenan, James M; Parr, William C H; Clausen, Philip; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R; Sansalone, Gabriele; Lister, Adrian M; Wroe, Stephen (2019). Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 286:20191873. |
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