How Neanderthal molar teeth grew

Growth processes in teeth distinguish modern humans from Homo erectus and earlier hominins

Christopher Dean, Meave G. Leakey, Donald J. Reid et al. · Nature · 2001 · 514 citations

Dentistry, Oral Biology, Paleontology +16

Variation in modern human enamel formation times

D.J. Reid, M. Christopher Dean · Journal of Human Evolution · 2005 · 493 citations

Dentistry, Oral Biology, Periodontology +11

The permanent mandibular first molar: Its calcification, eruption and decay

Izaac Gleiser, Edward E. Hunt · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1955 · 414 citations

Dentistry, Orthodontics, Periodontology +10

Surprisingly rapid growth in Neanderthals

Fernando Ramírez Rozzi, José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro · Nature · 2004 · 288 citations

Natural Resources, Demography, Human Evolution +3

Dental development and the evolution of life history in Hominidae

B. Holly Smith · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1991 · 276 citations

Dentistry, Evolutionary Biology, Zoology +17