The mixed dentition and associated skull fragments of a juvenile fossil hominid from Sterkfontein, South Africa

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 425-465

  Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo ^a,c   Tobias, P V ^a   Beynon, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Australopithecinae; Dental development; Hominid evolution; Juveniles

Indexed keywords

CANINE TOOTH; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTITION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; INCISOR; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPORAL BONE; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTITION, MIXED; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031869336     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199808)106:4<425::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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