Improving the spatial orientation of human teeth using a virtual 3D approach

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-293

  Benazzi, Stefano ^a   Fantini, Massimiliano ^b   De Crescenzio, Francesca ^b   Persiani, Franco ^b   Gruppioni, Giorgio ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D orientation systems; Morphometry; Reverse engineering; Virtual anthropology

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOOTH;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 61749093666     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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