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

ISBN-13: 9781316626481 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 420 str.

G. Richard Scott; Christy G. Turner II; Grant C. Townsend

Opis

Complete guide to genetics, evolution, and variation in human tooth crown and root morphology in modern and fossil Homo sapiens.

Recenzje

'Twenty years was well worth the wait. The authors' expertise complement each other perfectly while paying tribute to the late Christy Turner whose circum-Pacific research inspired so many to take up the buff yellow plaques. Revised and updated with new information on dental genetics and hominin dentition, The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth provides a soup to nuts history of the field of dental morphology, while also providing clear guidance on future prospects. Its completeness provides the novice dental anthropologist with all that is needed to begin, and the expert a much needed survey and summary of the last six decades of work. From forensic applications, to multiscalar bioarchaeological research, to the intricacies of hominin crown and EDJ morphology, there is something here for everyone with even a passing interest in what teeth can tell us about the past and present.' Christopher Stojanowski, Arizona State University

Spis treści

Preface; Prologue; 1. Dental anthropology and morphology; 2. Description and classification of permanent crown and root traits; 3. Biological considerations: ontogeny, asymmetry, sex dimorphism, and inter-trait association; 4. Genetics of morphological trait expression; 5. Geographic variation in tooth crown and root morphology; 6. Establishing method and theory for using dental morphology in reconstructions of human population history; 7. Dental morphology and population history; 8. Fossil hominin dental morphology with a focus on Homo sapiens; Epilogue; Appendix: tables of data; References; Index.