Longitudinal study of dental development in chimpanzees of known chronological age: Implications for understanding the age at death of Plio-Pleistocene hominids

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-133

  Anemone, Robert L ^a   Mooney, Mark P ^b   Siegel, Michael I ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecines; Hominids; Longitudinal analysis; Molar development; Ontogeny; Pan troglodytes; Plio Pleistocene; Pongids

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; HOMINID; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; TOOTH; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOOTH; TOOTH CALCIFICATION;

EID: 0030068510     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199601)99:1<119::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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