Dental Anthropology: Volume V: Society for the Study of Human Biology

Dental Anthropology: Volume V: Society for the Study of Human Biology
ISBN-10
1483184757
ISBN-13
9781483184753
Series
Dental Anthropology
Category
Social Science
Pages
296
Language
English
Published
2014-05-15
Publisher
Elsevier
Author
D. R. Brothwell

Description

Symposia of the Society for the Study of Human Biology, Volume V: Dental Anthropology is a collection of papers that covers the application of dental pathology in the context of anthropology. The book presents 15 studies that cover various human dental variables and relates to different anthropological factors. The dental variables considered in the articles include tooth morphology; occlusion and malocclusion of primate teeth; morphogenesis of deciduous molar pattern in man; and double-rooted human lower canine teeth. The text also covers topics about race specific dental traits such as radiographic study of the Neanderthal teeth from Krapina; crown characters of the deciduous dentition of the Japanese-American hybrids; and analysis of the American Indian dentition. The selection will be of great interest to evolutionary scientists, such as anthropologists and paleontologists.

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