Dental wear and cultural behavior in Middle Paleolithic humans from the Near East

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-117

  Fiorenza, Luca ^a   Kullmer, Ottmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

anatomically modern humans; Levant; Neanderthals; occlusal compass; para facets

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTITION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; PALEOLITHIC; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

EID: 84883144496     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22335     Document Type: Article

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