The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth
Dental Morphology and its Variation in Recent Human Populations
Published on 1. June 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-521-78453-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'I found this book an absolute delight ... it was packed with useful and interesting material.' D. R. Johnson, Dentomaxillofacial Radiology ' ... a book that will interest a general biological anthropological readership as well as those involved in the study of modern human teeth.' Journal of Biosocial Science '... the first worldwide synthesis of the global variation in tooth structure in recent population.' Human EvolutionMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
17 Tables, unspecified; 45 Halftones, unspecified; 46 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
798 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-78453-5 (9780521784535)
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New editions
G. Richard Scott | Christy G. Turner II | Grant C. Townsend
The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth
Dental Morphology and its Variation in Recent and Fossil Homo sapiens
Book
03/2018
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
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Content
Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Dental anthropology and morphology; 2. Description and classification of permanent crown and root traits; 3. Biological considerations: ontogeny, asymmetry, sex dimorphism and intertrait association; 4. Genetics of morphological trait expression; 5. Geographic variation in toot crown and root morphology; 6. Establishing method and theory for using tooth morphology in reconstructions of late Pleistocene and Holocene human population history; 7. Tooth morphology and population history; Epilogue; Appendices; References; Index.