Megadontia, striae periodicity and patterns of enamel secretion in Plio-Pleistocene fossil hominins

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-158

  Lacruz, Rodrigo S ^a,b,f   Dean, M Christopher ^c   Ramirez rozzi, Fernando ^d   Bromage, Timothy G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

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

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Cross striations; Enamel development; Megadontia; Striae of Retzius

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS ANAMENSIS; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL; FEMALE; FOSSIL HOMININ; HOMO ERGASTERLERECTUS; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO RUDOLFENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAMMAL; MEGADONTIA; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARANTHROPUS AETHIOPICUS; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI; PERIODICITY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH SIZE;

AMELOGENESIS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DENTAL ENAMEL; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; MALE; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY; PERIODICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO RUDOLFENSIS; PARANTHROPUS; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI;

EID: 48449092494     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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