Enamel thickness variation of deciduous first and second upper molars in modern humans and Neanderthals

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue C, 2014, Pages 83-91

  Fornai, Cinzia ^a   Benazzi, Stefano ^b,c   Svoboda, Jiří ^d,e   Pap, Ildikó ^f   Harvati, Katerina ^g   Weber, Gerhard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Institute of Archaeology   (Czech Republic)

^e MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deciduous dentition; Dental tissue proportions; Homo neanderthalensis; Homo sapiens; Pleistocene; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; ENAMEL; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; NEANDERTHAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MOLAR; NEANDERTHALS; TOOTH WEAR; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84927673796     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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