"This edited volume is based on a Dental Paleoanthropology symposium held in May 2005 at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany"--P. xv. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Dental evolution and dental morphology: Introduction / S.E. Bailey. Patterns of molar variation in great apes and their implications for hominin taxonomy / V. Pilbrow. Trends in postcanine occlusal morphology within the hominin clade : the case of Paranthropus / S.E. Bailey and B.A. Wood. Maxillary molars cusp morphology of South African australopithecines / J. Moggi-Cecchi and S. Boccone. Gran Dolina-TD6 and Sima de los Huesos dental samples : preliminary approach to some dental characters of interest for phylogenetic studies / M. MartinoĢn-Torres ... [et al.]. Neural network analysis by using the Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs) applied to human fossil dental morphology : a new methodology / F. Manni, R. Vargiu and A. Coppa. Micro-computed tomography of primate molars : methodological aspects of three-dimensional data collection / A.J. Olejniczak, F.E. Grine and L.B. Martin. HRXCT analysis of hominoid molars : a quantitative volumetric analysis and 3D reconstruction of coronal enamel and dentin / D.G. Gantt, J. Kappelman and R.A. Ketcham -- Dental microstructure and life history: Introduction / R. Macchiarelli and S.E. Bailey. Inferring primate growth, development and life history from dental microstructure : the case of the extinct Malagasy lemur, Megaladapis / G.T. Schwartz, L.R. Godfrey and P. Mahoney. Histological study of an upper incisor and molar of a bonobo (Pan paniscus) individual / F. Ramirez Rossi and R.S. Lacruz. New perspectives on chimpanzee and human molar crown development / T.M. Smith ... [et al.]. Portable confocal scanning optical microscopy of Australopithecus africanus enamel structure / T.G. Bromage ... [et al.]. Imbricational enamel formation in Neandertals and recent modern humans / D. Guatelli-Steinberg ... [et al.] -- Dental development: Introduction / B.A. Wood. Of mice and monkeys : quantitative genetic analyses of size variation along the dental arcade / L.J. Hlusko and M.C. Mahaney. Quantifying variation in human dental development sequences : an EVO-DEVO perspective / J. Braga and Y. Heuze. Dental calcification stages of the permanent M1 and M2 in U.S. children of African-American and European-American ancestry born in the 1990s / J. Monge ... [et al.]. A computerized model for reconstruction of dental ontogeny : a new tool for studying evolutionary trends in the dentition / P. Smith ... [et al.] -- Dentition and diet: Introduction / F.E. Grine. An evaluation of changes in strontium/calcium ratios across the neonatal line in human deciduous teeth / L.T. Humphrey, M.C. Dean and T.E. Jeffries. Dental topography and human evolution with comments on the diets of Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus / P.S. Ungar. Dental microwear and paleoanthropology : cautions and possibilities / M.F. Teaford. Tooth wear and diversity in early hominid molars : a case study / L. Ulhaas, O. Kullmer and F. Schrenk. 3-D interferometric microscopy applied to the study of buccal enamel microwear / F. Estebaranz ... [et al.].
Series:
Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology Max Planck Institute subseries in human evolution
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