Enamel-dentine junction (EDJ) morphology distinguishes the lower molars of Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 979-988

  Skinner, Matthew M ^a,b   Gunz, Philipp ^a   Wood, Bernard A ^b   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; Hominin taxonomy; Micro computed tomography; Sliding semilandmarks; Tooth morphology

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY; TOMOGRAPHY; TOOTH;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; PARANTHROPUS; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 55949127611     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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