The enamel-dentine junction in the postcanine dentition of Australopithecus africanus: Intra-individual metameric and antimeric variation

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-79

  Braga, J ^a,b   Thackeray, J F ^c   Subsol, G ^b,d   Kahn, J L ^e   Maret, D ^a   Treil, J ^a   Beck, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d LIRMM   (France)

^e Institut d'Anatomie Normale de Strasbourg   (France)

^f Inst Med et de Physiol Spatiales   (France)

Author keywords

Antimeric variation; Australopithecus africanus; Enamel dentine junction; Homo sapiens; Metameric variation; Molars; Pan paniscus; Pan troglodytes; Premolars

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; DENTITION; ENAMEL; FOSSIL HOMININ; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MANDIBLE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PALEODONTOLOGY; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; HOMO SAPIENS; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 73149092283     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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