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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Scott, George Richard
Group Author: Turner, Christy G; Townsend, Grant; Martinón-Torres, María
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge :
Publication Dates: 2018.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 79
Subjects:
Item Description: Previous edition has subtitle: Dental morphology and its variation in recent human populations.
Carrier Form: xxvi, 396 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, forms ; 26 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-386) and index.
ISBN: 9781107174412 (hardcover : alkaline paper) :
1107174414 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9781316626481 (paperback : alkaline paper)
1316626482 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Index Number: GN209
CLC: Q983
Call Number: Q983/S426-1/2nd ed.
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.