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Dental Wear: Attrition, Erosion, and Abrasion—A Palaeo-Odontological Approach

This paper reviews the surface ablation of early hominin teeth by attrition, abrasion, and erosive dental wear. The occurrence of these lesions is explored in a sample of South African fossil australopithecine dentitions revealing excessive wear. Interpretation of the nature of the dietary component...

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Autor principal: Sperber, Geoffrey H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5806976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29563425
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dj5020019