Primate dental ecology: How teeth respond to the environment

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-162

  Cuozzo, Frank P ^a,b   Ungar, Peter S ^c   Sauther, Michelle L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Central Arkansas University   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; fossils; mammal; primates; teeth

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTITION; ECOLOGY; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL PRIMATE; HABITAT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIMATE; PRIMATE DISEASE; SYMPOSIUM; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; HUMANS; PALEODONTOLOGY; PRIMATES; TOOTH;

EID: 84861314638     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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