Effect of bite force and diet composition on craniofacial diversification of Southern South American human populations

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 114-127

  Menéndez, Lumila ^a   Bernal, Valeria ^a   Novellino, Paula ^b   Perez, S Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b CONICET Laboratorio de Bioarqueología Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas JCMoyano ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

bite force; caries; masticatory loading; morphological variation; spatial regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; JAW MUSCLE; LATE HOLOCENE; MALE; MASTICATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOUTH AMERICA; TOOTH CROWN;

EID: 84905695324     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22560     Document Type: Article

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