Variation in enamel development of South African fossil hominids

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 580-590

  Lacruz, Rodrigo S ^a   Rozzi, Fernando Ramirez ^b,c   Bromage, Timothy G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Crown formation time; Paranthropus; Plio Pleistocene hominids; Portable confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

BONE; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; HOMINID; MICROSCOPY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; HOMINIDAE; PARANTHROPUS; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 33750628136     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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