Brief communication: Enamel thickness trends in the dental arcade of humans and chimpanzees

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-241

  Smith, Tanya M ^a   Olejniczak, Anthony J ^a   Reh, Stefan ^a   Reid, Donald J ^b   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Average enamel thickness; Hominin evolution; Hominoid; Relative enamel thickness; Teeth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ODONTOMETRY; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOOTH;

EID: 44349117279     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20796     Document Type: Article

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