Brief communication: Contributions of enamel-dentine junction shape and enamel deposition to primate molar crown complexity

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-163

  Skinner, Matthew M ^a   Evans, Alistair ^b   Smith, Tanya ^a,c   Jernvall, Jukka ^d,e   Tafforeau, Paul ^f   Kupczik, Kornelius ^a   Olejniczak, Anthony J ^a,g   Rosas, Antonio ^h   Radovčić, Jakov ⁱ   Thackeray, J Francis ^j   Toussaint, Michel ^k   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^g CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^h MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

ⁱ CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^k Service Public de Wallonie   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Crown complexity; Dental topographic analysis; Enamel dentine junction; Micro computed tomography; Tooth morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTIN; ENAMEL; FOSSIL HOMININ; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLAR TOOTH; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; TOOTH CROWN; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; HUMANS; MOLAR; PAN TROGLODYTES; PITHECIIDAE; PONGO; PRIMATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH CERVIX; TOOTH CROWN; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 77950854911     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21248     Document Type: Article

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