About this title: Dental Functional Morphology offers an alternative to the received wisdom that teeth merely crush, cut, shear or grind food and shows how teeth adapt to diet. Providing an analysis of tooth action based on an understanding of how food particles break, it shows how tooth form from the earliest mammals to modern-day humans can be understood using very basic considerations about fracture. It outlines the theoretical basis step by step, explaining the factors governing tooth shape and size and provides an allometric analysis that will revolutionize attitudes to the evolution of the human face and ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780521035408ISBN:0521035406
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780521035408ISBN:0521035406
Description: New. This book offers an innovative alternative to the assumption that teeth merely crush, cut, shear or grind food, and demonstrates how teeth adapt to diet. Peter Lucas reveals how tooth form from the earliest mammals to humans can be understood using b... read more
Description: New. Dental Functional Morphology offers an alternative to the received wisdom that teeth merely crush, cut, shear or grind food, and shows how teeth adapt to diet. Showing how tooth form can be understood using considerations of food fracture, it is essential reading for physical anthropologists, dental and food scientists. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521035408ISBN:0521035406
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521035408ISBN:0521035406
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