Taxonomic differences in deciduous upper second molar crown outlines of Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis and Homo erectus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Bailey, Shara E ^a,b   Benazzi, Stefano ^b,c   Souday, Caroline ^a   Astorino, Claudia ^d   Paul, Kathleen ^e   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental variation; Geometric morphometrics; Molar crown shape; Phylogeny; Pleistocene; Sangiran; Tighenif

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; FOSSIL; GEOMETRY; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

EAST JAVA; INDONESIA; SANGIRAN;

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH CROWN;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MOLAR; NEANDERTHALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 84902319702     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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