Observations on Middle Stone Age human teeth from Klasies River Main Site, South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 750-758

  Grine, Frederick E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown size; Deciduous; Dentition; Ontogenetic age profile; Permanent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFACT; BEHAVIOR; DENTITION; FAUNA; FOSSIL; HUMAN EVOLUTION; JUVENILE; MESOLITHIC; MODERNITY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TOOTH;

BLOMBOS CAVE; DIE KELDERS CAVE; KLASIES RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84867484256     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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