The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth: Dental Morphology and Its Variation in Recent and Fossil Homo Sapiens

by G. Richard Scott, Christy G. Turner II, Grant C Townsend, et al.

Book Overview

All humans share certain components of tooth structure, but show variation in size and morphology around this shared pattern. This book presents a worldwide synthesis of the global variation in tooth morphology in recent populations. Research has advanced on many fronts since the publication of the first edition, which has become a seminal work on the subject. This revised and updated edition introduces new ideas in dental genetics and ontogeny and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316626482
• ISBN13: 9781316626481
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.7"