The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth
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The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth by G Richard Scott
Dental anthropologists focus on the variation around a commonly shared pattern, a variation expressed by differences in tooth size and morphology. This book centers on the morphological characteristics of tooth crowns and roots that are either present or absent in any given individual and that vary in frequency among populations. These nonmetric dental traits are controlled largely by genetic factors and provide a direct link between extinct and extant populations. The book illustrates more than thirty tooth crown and root traits and reviews their biological and genetic underpinnings. From a database of more than 30,000 individuals, the geographic variation of twenty-two crown and root traits is graphically portrayed. A global analysis of tooth morphology shows both points of agreement and disagreement with comparable analyses of genetic and craniometric data. These findings are relevant to the hotly contested issue of timing and geographic context of modern human origins.
'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 Evolution
' … 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 Evolution
Scott, G. Richard: - G. Richard Scott is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and is currently Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He co-authored The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth with Christy G. Turner, II (Cambridge, 1997).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521784535 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521784530 |
| Title | The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth |
| Author | G Richard Scott |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Biological And Evolutionary Anthropology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2000-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 408 |
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