Dental developmental pattern of the Neanderthal child from Roc de Marsal: a high-resolution 3D analysis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-75

  Bayle, Priscilla ^a,b   Braga, José ^b   Mazurier, Arnaud ^c   Macchiarelli, Roberto ^d,e  

^a Neanderthal Museum   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c Etudes Recherches Materiaux   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Dental development; Neanderthals; Roc de Marsal; SR microtomography

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHILD; DENTITION; MORPHOLOGY; NEANDERTHAL; PROBABILITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY;

AQUITAINE; DORDOGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56349113274     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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