A fool's mission? A test of three common assumptions in dental metric analyses

Three aspects of metric variation in the permanent dentition of humans are often simply accepted as true. The first is that formation of the permanent dentition occurs within morphogenetic fields broadly associated with tooth type and jaw. The second is that dental development of among females is ch...

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Main Author: Brian E. Hemphill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dental Anthropology Association 2013-11-01
Series:Dental Anthropology
Online Access:http://journal.dentalanthropology.org/index.php/jda/article/view/48/28