Three-dimensional molar enamel distribution and thickness in Australopithecus and Paranthropus

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 406-410

  Olejniczak, A J ^a   Smith, T M ^a   Skinner, M M ^a   Grine, F E ^b,c   Feeney, R N M ^a   Thackeray, J F ^d   Hublin, J J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Enamel distribution; Hominin evolution; Microtomography

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; ENAMEL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; ENAMEL; MICROTOMOGRAPHY; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PARANTHROPUS; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; PARANTHROPUS; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 46949098557     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0223     Document Type: Article

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