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Number of teeth is associated with facial size in humans

During human evolution there has been an increase in the size of the brain and the cranium, whereas the size of the face, as well as the size and number of teeth have decreased. In modern humans, the occurrence of missing permanent teeth, namely tooth agenesis, is common. It could be attributed to a...

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Autores principales: Oeschger, Elias S., Kanavakis, Georgios, Halazonetis, Demetrios J., Gkantidis, Nikolaos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7000397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32019986
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58565-8