A Companion to Dental Anthropology

Joel D. Irish · G. Richard Scott

2015年10月 · John Wiley & Sons

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關於本電子書

Companion to Dental Anthropology presents a collection of original readings addressing all aspects and sub-disciplines of the field of dental anthropology—from its origins and evolution through to the latest scientific research.

Represents the most comprehensive coverage of all sub-disciplines of dental anthropology available today
Features individual chapters written by experts in their specific area of dental research
Includes authors who also present results from their research through case studies or voiced opinions about their work
Offers extensive coverage of topics relating to dental evolution, morphometric variation, and pathology

關於作者

Joel D. Irish is Professor of Bioarchaeology in the Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, at Liverpool John Moores University, UK, and Professor Emeritus in the Anthropology Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His research focuses on dental nonmetric and odontometric variation to estimate biological affinity in recent humans and fossil hominins.

G. Richard Scott is Foundation Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada Reno, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he taught for 24 years. He has published widely on issues relating to tooth crown and root morphology and biological affinity.