The anthropology of modern human teeth : dental morphology and its variation in recent and fossil Homo sapiens /

The anthropology of modern human teeth : dental morphology and its variation in recent and fossil Homo sapiens /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Scott, George Richard (Author), Turner, Christy G. (Author), Townsend, Grant (Author), Martinón-Torres, María (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology.
Subjects:
Dental anthropology.
Anthropology, Physical.
Tooth > anatomy & histology.
Odontometry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Dental anthropology and morphology
  • Description and classification of permanent crown and root traits
  • Biological considerations : ontogeny, asymmetry, sex dimorphism, and inter-trait association
  • Genetics of morphological trait expression
  • Geographic variation in tooth crown and root morphology
  • Establishing method and theory for using dental morphology in reconstructions of human population history
  • Dental morphology and population history
  • Fossil hominin dental morphology with a focus on Homo sapiens.