New perspectives on chimpanzee and human molar crown development

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402058448, 2007, Pages 177-192

  Smith, T M ^a   Reid, D J ^b   Dean, M C ^c   Olejniczak, A J ^a   Ferrell, R J ^d   Martin, L B ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross striation; Crown formation time; Dental development; Enamel thickness; Hominid evolution; Hominoid evolution; Incremental feature; Molar development; Periodicity; Retzius line

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045127167     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5845-5_12     Document Type: Chapter

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