Dental tissue proportions and enamel thickness in Neandertal and modern human molars

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-23

  Olejniczak, Anthony J ^a   Smith, Tanya M ^a   Feeney, Robin N M ^a   Macchiarelli, Roberto ^b   Mazurier, Arnaud ^c   Bondioli, Luca ^d   Rosas, Antonio ^e   Fortea, Javier ^f   de la Rasilla, Marco ^f   Garcia Tabernero, Antonio ^e   Radovčić, Jakov ^g   Skinner, Matthew M ^a   Toussaint, Michel ^h   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c Etudes Recherches Materiaux   (France)

^d Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico L Pigorini   (Italy)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^g CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^h Ministere de la region Wallone   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Microtomography; Molar tissue volumes; Relative enamel thickness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTITION; ENAMEL; HUMAN EVOLUTION; NEANDERTHAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; TOMOGRAPHY;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 44649105083     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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