Taxonomic and functional aspects of the patterning of enamel thickness distribution in extant large-bodied hominoids

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-244

  Schwartz, Gary T ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Enamel development; Enamel thickness; Great apes; Mastication; Maxillary molars; Modern humans; Tooth function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENAMEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MOLAR; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033974313     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200002)111:2<221::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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