Tertiary Dentine Frequencies in Extant Great Apes and Fossil Hominins

Tertiary dentine forms when an odontoblast is directly affected by stimuli, commonly through occlusal wear and caries. In this study the presence of tertiary dentine was recorded in three South African fossil hominin species ('Australopithecus africanus, Homo naledi and Paranthropus robustus�...

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Main Author: Ian Towle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2019-03-01
Series:Open Quaternary
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Online Access:http:///articles/48