First contact: Understanding the relationship between hominoid incisor curvature and diet

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-274

  Deane, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallback food; High resolution polynomial curve fitting; Hominoid diet; Incisor curvature; Incisor morphometrics; Keystone resource

Indexed keywords

DIET; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PAN PANISCUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 61749096127     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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