A morphological study of the tooth roots of the sima del elefante mandible (atapuerca, spain): A new classification of the teeth -biological and methodological considerations

Anthropological Science

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-72

  Prado Simón, Leyre ^a,b   Martinón Torres, María ^a   Baca, Pilar ^b   Gómez Robles, Aida ^a,c   Lapresa, María ^a   Carbonell, Eudald ^d   de Castro, José Maria Bermúdez ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dental pulp; Microtomography; Root canals; Sima del elefante

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860209910     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.110124     Document Type: Article

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