Tooth wear and dentoalveolar remodeling are key factors of morphological variation in the Dmanisi mandibles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 17278-17283

  Margvelashvili, Ann ^a,b   Zollikofer, Christoph P E ^a   Lordkipanidze, David ^b   Peltomäki, Timo ^c   De León, Marcia S Ponce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Georgian National Museum   (Georgia)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Compensatory mechanisms; Early Pleistocene Homo; Local periodontitis; Toothpick

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; DENTOALVEOLAR REMODELING; EVOLUTION; FAUNA; FOSSIL; FOSSIL HOMININ; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH SOCKET;

AGING; COMPENSATORY MECHANISMS; EARLY PLEISTOCENE HOMO; LOCAL PERIODONTITIS; TOOTHPICK;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; TOOTH ATTRITION; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 84886412299     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1316052110     Document Type: Article

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