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Home > Books > Dental Anthropology > The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth: Dental Morphology and its Variation in Recent Human Populations
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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.
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 Here's an excellent reference book for those interested in teeth!, August 25, 2007
By David J. Dapra
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As a pre-dental student, I found that reading and reviewing this book was very beneficial to me. It clearly explained essential terminology and anatomical structures of each tooth in the human jaw. From this, one could understand almost every intricacy included in this book. Such fascinating information ranged from tooth and crown morphology to trait relationships and geographic variation. It also provided great background information on the inception of this valuable discipline, illustrating the research conducted by many individuals around the world along with important dates and facts. The other point I'd like to make about this book is that it identifies many new facets of research that has not yet been started, but could provide a sundry of new knowledge and practical application.
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