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| Other authors / contributors: | Turner, Christy G.
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| ISBN: | 9781316529843
1316529843
9781316285039
1316285030
0521784530
9780521784535
0521455081
9780521455084
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-370) and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | All humans share certain components of tooth structure, but show variation in size and morphology around this shared pattern which is studied by dental anthropologists. This book presents the first worldwide synthesis of the global variation in tooth structure in recent populations. It: • describes the methods and assumptions used by dental anthropologists • discusses the genetic basis of nonmetric dental traits • portrays the geographic variation of tooth crown and root traits • analyzes dental variation on a global scale paralleling major genetic and craniometric analyses The book illustrates more than 30 tooth crown and root traits and reviews their biological and genetic underpinnings. This analysis links extinct and extant populations and so serves as a useful tool for elucidating population relationships and histories.
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| Other form: | Print version: Scott, George Richard. Anthropology of modern human teeth 0521455081
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