Canine tip wear in male and female anthropoids

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-96

  Greenfield, Leonard O ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropoids; Canine teeth; Dual selection hypothesis; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; DATA ANALYSIS; DOG; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; INCISOR; JAW; MACACA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; COLOBUS; CUSPID; FEMALE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOOTH ABRASION; TOOTH ATTRITION;

EID: 0031754385     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199809)107:1<87::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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