TY - BOOK ID - 80827131 TI - The anthropology of modern human teeth : dental morphology and its variation in recent human populations AU - Scott, George Richard AU - Turner, Christy G. PY - 1997 SN - 9781316529843 9780521455084 9780521784535 1316529843 9781316285039 1316285030 0521784530 0521455081 1316283895 1316283968 1316285111 1316284379 1316283011 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Dental anthropology. KW - Dentition KW - Physical anthropology KW - Teeth KW - Anthropologie dentaire. KW - Anthropologie physique. KW - Dents KW - Dental anthropology KW - Anthropology, Physical. KW - Tooth KW - Odontometry. KW - Anatomie. KW - Histologie. KW - anatomy & histology KW - anatomy & histology. KW - Anthropology, Physical UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80827131 AB - 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. ER -