Molar crown thickness, volume, and development in South African Middle Stone Age humans

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 513-517

  Smith, Tanya M ^a   Olejniczak, Anthony J ^a   Tafforeau, Paul ^b,c   Reid, Donald J ^d   Grine, Fredrick E ^e   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CRANIUM; DENTITION; FOSSIL RECORD; GROWTH; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MESOLITHIC; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34249848886     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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