The anthropology of modern human teeth: dental morphology and its variation in recent human populations

TLDR

Dental anthropology examines tooth morphology—including crown and root traits, ontogeny, asymmetry, sex dimorphism, genetic expression, and geographic variation—to elucidate human population history. The authors develop a methodological framework for using tooth morphology to reconstruct late Pleistocene and Holocene human population history. Acknowledgements Prologue 1.

Abstract

Acknowledgements Prologue 1. Dental anthropology and morphology 2. Description and classification of permanent crown and root traits 3. Biological considerations: ontogeny, asymmetry, sex dimorphism and intertrait association 4. Genetics of morphological trait expression 5. Geographic variation in toot crown and root morphology 6. Establishing method and theory for using tooth morphology in reconstructions of late Pleistocene and Holocene human population history 7. Tooth morphology and population history Epilogue Appendices References Index.