Premolar root and canal variation in South African Plio-Pleistocene specimens attributed to Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-62

  Moore, N Collin ^a   Thackeray, J Francis ^b   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a   Skinner, Matthew M ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canal morphology; Plio Pleistocene; Root development; Root morphology; Taxonomy; Tooth size

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; FOSSIL; HOMINID; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BICUSPID; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84959159346     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.12.002     Document Type: Article

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