Morphometric analysis of molars in a Middle Pleistocene population shows a mosaic of 'modern' and Neanderthal features

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 353-363

  Martinón Torres, María ^a   Spěváčková, Petra ^b   Gracia Téllez, Ana ^c,d   Martínez, Ignacio ^c,d   Bruner, Emiliano ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^d   Bermúdez de Castro, José María ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Cusp angle; Cusp area; Dental reduction; Metrics; Occusal polygon area; Sima de los Huesos; Teeth

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FOSSIL; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; TOOTH CROWN; UPPER PLEISTOCENE;

HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

ATAPUERCA; CUSP ANGLE; CUSP AREA; DENTAL REDUCTION; METRICS; OCCUSAL POLYGON AREA; SIMA DE LOS HUESOS; TEETH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MOLAR; NEANDERTHALS; PALEONTOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOOTH CROWN;

EID: 84884208442     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12090     Document Type: Article

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