Human population variability in relative dental development

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-102

  Tompkins, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental development; Population variability; Skeletal growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE GROWTH; CANINE TOOTH; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; POPULATION; TOOTH; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INCISOR; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY; POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTH; TOOTH CALCIFICATION;

EID: 0030053901     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199601)99:1<79::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Conference Paper

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