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1996
Teeth are one of the best sources of evidence for both identification and studies of demography, biological relationships and health in ancient human communities. This text introduces the complex biology of teeth and provides a practical guide to the: • excavation, cleaning, storage and recording of dental remains • identification of human teeth ...
Simon Hillson
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Teeth are one of the best sources of evidence for both identification and studies of demography, biological relationships and health in ancient human communities. This text introduces the complex biology of teeth and provides a practical guide to the: • excavation, cleaning, storage and recording of dental remains • identification of human teeth ...
Simon Hillson
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Dental Cementum in Anthropology
2022Tooth enamel and dentin are the most studied hard tissues used to explore hominin evolution, life history, diet, health, and culture. Surprisingly, cementum (the interface between the alveolar bone and the root dentin) remains the least studied dental tissue even though its unique growth, which is continuous throughout life, has been acknowledged since
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Dental Anthropology - An Introduction
1998Dental Anthropology provides an excellent view into biological, ecological and cultural aspects which help to detect and understand individuality, human behavior, living conditions, and environments. Teeth are used to separate fossil hominids, demonstrate trends in hominid dentition, reflect individual and group patterns of demography, biological ...
Kurt W. Alt +2 more
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The History of Dental Anthropology
1998Among the diverse tasks of the human dentition, the uptake and crushing of food is doubtlessly the most characteristic. The English Victorian naturalist Richard Owen (1804–1892) underscored the importance of this function in the introduction to his classic treatise Odontography (1840–1845): “Teeth are firm substances attached to the parities of the ...
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2022
Almost seven years ago, I (M.V.) was finishing the last pages of the book Essentials of Dental Medicine, which was published in Croatian in 2015 by Naklada Slap. Then I wondered how readers and students would accept a book that, with its scope and content, goes beyond the scope of ordinary dental student literature.
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Almost seven years ago, I (M.V.) was finishing the last pages of the book Essentials of Dental Medicine, which was published in Croatian in 2015 by Naklada Slap. Then I wondered how readers and students would accept a book that, with its scope and content, goes beyond the scope of ordinary dental student literature.
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The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1998
Todd C. Rae, Simon Hillson
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Todd C. Rae, Simon Hillson
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Dimensions of dental anthropology
Reviews in Anthropology, 1985Kurten, Bjorn, ed. Teeth: Form, Function, and Evolution. New York: Columbia University Press, 1982. ix + 394 pp. including index. $50.00 cloth.
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Physical Anthropology and the dental and medical specialties
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1976AbstractThe rise of two sub‐specialties in Physical Anthropology traces back to the Anatomy Departments of Schools of Medicine in Germany and France during the nineteenth century. The study of human diversity in bones and bodies was largely by medically‐trained anatomists.
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