Tooth wear, Neanderthal facial morphology and the anterior dental loading hypothesis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 367-376

  Clement, Anna F ^a   Hillson, Simon W ^a   Aiello, Leslie C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior dentition; Homo; Inuit; Paleolithic; Pleistocene; Wear ratio

Indexed keywords

HUNTER-GATHERER; MORPHOLOGY; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; TOOTH;

CANADA; IGLOOLIK; NUNAVUT;

HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

EID: 84858071962     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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