Dental perspectives on human evolution : state of the art research in dental paleoanthropology / Shara E. Bailey , Jean-Jacques Hublin

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Front Matter. Dental Evolution and Dental Morphology. Front Matter. Introduction. Patterns of molar variation in great apes and their implications for hominin taxonomy. Trends in postcanine occlusal morphology within the hominin clade: The case of Paranthropus. Maxillary molars cusp morphology of South African australopithecines. Gran Dolina-TD6 and Sima de los Huesos dental samples: Preliminary approach to some dental characters of interest for phylogenetic studies. Neural network analysis by using the Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs) applied to human fossil dental morphology: A new methodology. Micro-computed tomography of primate molars: Methodological aspects of three-dimensional data collection. HRXCT analysis of hominoid molars: A quantitative volumetric analysis and 3D reconstruction of coronal enamel and dentin. Dental Microstructure and Life History. Front Matter. Introduction. Inferring primate growth, development and life history from dental microstructure: The case of the extinct Malagasy lemur, Megaladapis. Histological study of an upper incisor and molar of a bonobo (Pan paniscus) individual. New perspectives on chimpanzee and human molar crown development. Portable confocal scanning optical microscopy of Australopithecus africanus enamel structure. Imbricational enamel formation in Neandertals and recent modern humans. Dental Development. Front Matter. Introduction. Of mice and monkeys: Quantitative genetic analyses of size variation along the dental arcade. Quantifying variation in human dental development sequences: An EVO-DEVO perspective. Dental calcification stages of the permanent M1 and M2 in U.S. children of African-American and European-American ancestry born in the 1990s. A computerized model for reconstruction of dental ontogeny: A new tool for studying evolutionary trends in the dentition. Dentition and Diet. Front Matter. Chapter . Introduction

The objective of the volume is to bring together, in one collection, the most innovative dental anthropological research as it pertains to the study of hominid evolution. In the past few decades both the numbers of hominid dental fossils and the sophistication of the techniques used to analyze them have increased substantially. The book’s contributions focus on dental morphometrics, growth and development, diet and dental evolution.