What lies beneath? An evaluation of lower molar trigonid crest patterns based on both dentine and enamel expression

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 505-518

  Bailey, Shara E ^a,b   Skinner, Matthew M ^b   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; discrete dental traits; H. neanderthalensis; H. sapiens; microCT; middle trigonid crest; modern humans; Neandertals; Pan

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; FOSSIL HOMININ; GENETIC DRIFT; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMORPHY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH SIZE; TRIGONID CREST;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MOLAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 79960175981     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21468     Document Type: Article

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