Enamel thickness in Asian human canines and premolars

Anthropological Science

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-198

  Feeney, Robin N M ^a   Zermeno, John P ^b   Reid, Donald J ^c   Nakashima, Syozi ^d   Sano, Hiroshi ^e   Bahar, Armasastra ^f   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a   Smith, Tanya M ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Oral Care Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^e LION CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Average enamel thickness; Dental anthropology; Human evolution; Human variation; Microtomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650633053     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.091006     Document Type: Article

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