Molar crown development in Australopithecus afarensis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-206

  Lacruz, Rodrigo S ^a,b   Ramirez Rozzi, Fernando V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Crown formation time; Enamel development; Plio Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; HOMINID; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS;

EID: 74449092286     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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