Model for the examination of evolutionary trends in tooth development

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 283-294

  Smith, Patricia ^a,d   Gomorri, J M ^b   Spitz, Steven ^c   Becker, Joel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

cusp pattern; dental phylogeny; fossil hominid teeth; molar ontogeny; Skhul I

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; INFANT; MODEL; MOLAR TOOTH; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030946337     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199702)102:2<283::AID-AJPA9>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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