Dental development and age at death of a middle paleolithic juvenile hominin from Obi-Rakhmat Grotto, Uzbekistan

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400704916, 2011, Pages 155-163

  Smith, Tanya M ^a,b   Reid, Donald J ^c   Olejniczak, Anthony J ^b   Bailey, Shara ^d   Glantz, Mica ^e   Viola, Bence ^f   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Crown formation; Extension rate; Gemination; Incremental feature; Life history; Neanderthal; Perikymata; Periradicular band; Root formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871537543     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0492-3_13     Document Type: Chapter

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