Comparison of dental measurement systems for taxonomic assignment of first molars

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-354

  Benazzi, Stefano ^a,b   Coquerelle, Michael ^a   Fiorenza, Luca ^b   Bookstein, Fred ^a,c   Katina, Stanislav ^d,e   Kullmer, Ottmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cervical outline; crown outline; morphometrics; Neanderthal; teeth

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOMETRICS; TAXONOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH CROWN;

ANIMALS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MOLAR; ODONTOMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOOTH CERVIX; TOOTH CROWN;

EID: 79951483191     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21409     Document Type: Article

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