A Companion to Dental Anthropology
Joel D. Irish · G. Richard Scott
Oct 2015 · John Wiley & Sons
Ebook
560
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About this ebook
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
About the author
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.
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