Dental development and ontogeny of late Miocene large-bodied hominoids from Yunnan, China

Anthropological Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-83

  Zhao, Lingxia ^a   He, Zhufang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Crown formation time; Dental development; Dental eruption; Linear enamel hypoplasia; Lufengpithecus

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244451651     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.04S012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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