Influence of the Interproximal Attrition of Teeth on the Formation of Neanderthal Retromolar Space

Anthropological Science

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 297-309

  Nara, Takashi ^a   Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^a   Dodo, Yukio ^a   Vandermeersch, Bernard ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Forward migration; Interproximal attrition; Neanderthals; Retromolar space; Teeth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032237053     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.106.297     Document Type: Article

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