Neanderthal teeth from Moula-Guercy, Ardèche, France

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 477-491

  Hlusko, Leslea J ^a   Carlson, Joshua ^a   Guatelli Steinberg, Debbie ^b   Krueger, Kristin L ^c   Mersey, Ben ^a   Ungar, Peter S ^d   Defleur, Alban ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

dental variation; evolution; Hominidae; paleontology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENAMEL; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; EVOLUTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOSSIL ANIMAL; FRACTURE; FRANCE; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; INCISOR; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; TOOTH; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; FOSSILS; FRANCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEANDERTHALS; TOOTH;

EID: 84879422448     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22291     Document Type: Article

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