Molar enamel thickness in the chacma baboon, Papio ursinus (Kerr 1792)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 812-822

  Grine, Frederick E ^a   Spencer, M A ^b   Demes, B ^a   Smith, H F ^c   Strait, D S ^d   Constant, D A ^e  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bite force; Enamel distribution; Masticatory biomechanics; Papio ursinus; Tooth size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABOON; BIOMECHANICS; BITE; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; MOLAR TOOTH; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PAPIO URSINUS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE CONSTRUCTION METHOD; PREDICTION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TOOTH CROWN;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; FEMALE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; PAPIO URSINUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 28544433239     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20076     Document Type: Article

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