Preliminary examination of non-occlusal dental microwear in anthropoids: Implications for the study of fossil primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-113

  Ungar, P S ^a   Teaford, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceboid; Cercopithecoid; Miocene; Molars; Plio Pleistocene monkeys; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DENTAL OCCLUSION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSILS; HAPLORHINI; INCIDENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PRIMATES; TOOTH; TOOTH ABRASION;

EID: 0029866850     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199605)100:1<101::AID-AJPA10>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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