Variability of Australopithecus second maxillary molars from Sterkfontein Member 4

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 181-192

  Fornai, Cinzia ^a   Bookstein, Fred L ^a,b   Weber, Gerhard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental morphology; Enamel dentine junction; Geometric morphometrics; Paranthropus; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; ENAMEL; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY;

GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; STERKFONTEIN;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS; PARANTHROPUS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84937978412     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.05.013     Document Type: Article

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