Relationship Between Cusp Size and Occlusal Wear Pattern in Neanderthal and Homo sapiens First Maxillary Molars

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-461

  Fiorenza, Luca ^a   Benazzi, Stefano ^b   Viola, Bence ^c   Kullmer, Ottmar ^a   Schrenk, Friedemann ^a,d  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cusp morphology; Maxillary first molar; Neanderthal; Wear facets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIET; FOOD PROCESSING; HABIT; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSAL WEAR PATTERN; ORTHODONTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH SIZE; VIRTUAL REALITY MODELING LANGUAGE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DENTAL OCCLUSION; DIET; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MAXILLA; MOLAR; ODONTOMETRY; TOOTH ATTRITION; TOOTH CROWN;

HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79951745052     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21325     Document Type: Article

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