A morphometric analysis of hominin teeth attributed to Australopithecus, Paranthropus and Homo

Teeth are the most common element in the fossil record and play a critical role in taxonomic assessments. Variability in extant hominoid species is commonly used as a basis to gauge expected ranges of variability in fossil hominin species. In this study, variability in lower first molars is visualis...

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Main Author: Susan J. Dykes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2016-11-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
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Online Access:https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/3693