The ontogeny of occipital bone convexity in a longitudinal sample of extant humans

Abstract

I would also like to acknowledge my fellow graduate students at The University of Iowa, all of whom have shaped my work and provided valuable guidance and moral support over the past five years. I would specifically like to thank Dr. Christina Nicholas for her wise advice and friendship. Thank you to my fellow "Guilt Guild" members, Meredith Wismer-Lanoë, Shelby Putt, and Teddy Marks, for providing accountability during my last semester of dissertation writing. And finally, I would like to thank my family and friends for their patience, love, and encouragement during my graduate education. Thank you to my grandmother, Martha Scharfenberg, and my uncle, Chuck Scharfenberg, for instilling in me the desire to learn and the stubbornness to make it through graduate school. I would also like to thank my sister, Megan Boveri, for her brilliant writing suggestions. And last, but certainly not least, I would like to thank my husband John for believing in me during my weakest moments, for encouraging me to do my best, and for helping me stay grounded.