Human Life History Evolution Explains Dissociation between the Timing of Tooth Eruption and Peak Rates of Root Growth

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Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dean, M Christopher ^a   Cole, Tim J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENAMEL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL ANIMAL; FOSSIL HUMAN; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH ROOT;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH ROOT;

HOMO ERECTUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84872363408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054534     Document Type: Article

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