Jaws and teeth of Australopithecus afarensis from Maka, Middle Awash, Ethiopia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-68

  White, Tim D ^a   Suwa, Gen ^b   Simpson, Scott ^c   Asfaw, Berhane ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rift Valley Research Service Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Afar; Dentition; Hominid; Mandible; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; ETHIOPIA; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; INCISOR; MANDIBLE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOOTH;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; JAW; MALE; TOOTH;

EID: 0033989408     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200001)111:1<45::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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