Preserved microstructure and mineral distribution in tooth and periodontal tissues in early fossil hominin material from Koobi Fora, Kenya

Frontiers of Oral Biology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2009, Pages 30-35

  Klinge, Furseth ^a   Dean, M C ^a,b   Risnes, S ^a   Erambert, M ^a   Gunnaes A E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLLAGEN; FLUORAPATITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE MATRIX; CHEMISTRY; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; JAW; MANDIBLE; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; PERIODONTIUM; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALVEOLAR PROCESS; ANIMALS; APATITES; BONE MATRIX; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLLAGEN; DENTAL ENAMEL; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; PALEODONTOLOGY; PERIODONTIUM; TOOTH;

EID: 77649213902     PISSN: 14202433     EISSN: 16623770     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000242386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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