Brief communication: Two human fossil deciduous molars from the sangiran dome (Java, Indonesia): Outer and inner morphology

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 472-481

  Zanolli, Clément ^a   Bondioli, Luca ^b   Mancini, Lucia ^c   Mazurier, Arnaud ^d   Widianto, Harry ^e   MacChiarelli, Roberto ^a,f  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico L Pigorini   (Italy)

^c Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA   (Italy)

^d Société Etudes Recherches Matériaux   (France)

^e Balai Arkeologi   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

deciduous molars; Homo erectus; inner structure; microtomography; outer morphology; Sangiran Dome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; FOSSIL HUMAN; HOMINID; HOMO ERECTUS; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MOLAR TOOTH; ORANG UTAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TOOTH CROWN;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857234431     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21657     Document Type: Article

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