Paleodontology
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Paleobiological implications of the Ardipithecus ramidus dentition.

30 Sep 2009 The Middle Awash Ardipithecus ramidus sample comprises over 145 teeth, including associated maxillary and mandibular sets. These help reveal the earliest stages of human evolution. Ar. ramidus lacks the postcanine megadontia of Australopithecus. Its ... Read more...

Macrovertebrate paleontology and the Pliocene habitat of Ardipithecus ramidus.

30 Sep 2009 A diverse assemblage of large mammals is spatially and stratigraphically associated with Ardipithecus ramidus at Aramis. The most common species are tragelaphine antelope and colobine monkeys. Analyses of their postcranial remains situate them in a ... Read more...

Ardipithecus ramidus and the paleobiology of early hominids.

30 Sep 2009 Hominid fossils predating the emergence of Australopithecus have been sparse and fragmentary. The evolution of our lineage after the last common ancestor we shared with chimpanzees has therefore remained unclear. Ardipithecus ramidus, recovered in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Paleodontology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Paleobiological implications of the Ardipithecus ramidus dentition. 30 Sep 2009
• Macrovertebrate paleontology and the Pliocene habitat of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
• Ardipithecus ramidus and the paleobiology of early hominids. 30 Sep 2009
• Jaw mechanism and dental function in the late cretaceous basal eusuchian Iharkutosuchus. 30 Jul 2009
• Linear enamel hypoplasia at Xcambó, Yucatán, during the Maya Classic period: An evaluation of coastal marshland impact on ancient human populations. 24 Jun 2009
• Dental status of three Egyptian mummies: radiological investigation by multislice computerized tomography. 30 May 2009
• The use of strontium and barium analyses for the reconstruction of the diet of the early medieval coastal population of Gdansk (Poland): A preliminary study. 21 May 2009
• Dental morphology and ancestry in Albuquerque, New Mexico Hispanics. 22 Apr 2009
• A new application of dental wear analyses: estimation of duration of hominid occupations in archaeological localities. 7 Apr 2009
• Early Eocene primates from Gujarat, India. 19 Mar 2009
• Dental microwear texture analysis of two families of subfossil lemurs from Madagascar. 12 Mar 2009
• Labial talon cusps: a South American archaeological case in the deciduous dentition and review of a rare trait. 12 Mar 2009
• Under restrictive conditions, can the widths of linear enamel hypoplasias be used as relative indicators of stress episode duration? 30 Jan 2009
• Testing evolutionary stasis and trends in first lower molar shape of extinct Italian populations of Terricola savii (Arvicolidae, Rodentia) by means of geometric morphometrics. 30 Dec 2008
• Brief communication: dental development and enamel thickness in the Lakonis Neanderthal molar. 30 Dec 2008
• New geochronological, paleoclimatological, and archaeological data from the Narmada Valley hominin locality, central India. 29 Dec 2008
• The early Upper Paleolithic occupations at Uçagizli Cave (Hatay, Turkey). 23 Dec 2008
• Bilateral asymmetry in permanent dentition of 13 pre-conquest samples from Argentina (South America). 19 Dec 2008
• Nasal architecture of Paradolichopithecus arvernensis (late Pliocene, Senèze, France) and its phyletic implications. 19 Dec 2008
• [Study of dental attrition in a medieval adult population from Southwest France] 8 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Paleodontology'

Definition: The study of the teeth of early forms of life through fossil remains.

Descriptor UI: D010161

Alternative terms: Paleodontology;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.076.368.584.583;

Technical Notes: IM; SPEC: SPEC qualif; as NIM coord, no qualif; check tags HISTORICAL ARTICLE & ANCIENT or MEDIEVAL; for prehist, ANCIENT tag is all right; paleodontology is for pre-Columbian, nothing later; DF: PALEODONTOL