TY - BOOK ID - 145251429 TI - What Teeth Reveal about Human Evolution PY - 2016 SN - 131677600X 1316777545 1139979590 PB - Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Dental anthropology. KW - Teeth KW - Human evolution. KW - Human remains (Archaeology) KW - Evolution. KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Odontometry. KW - Physical anthropology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145251429 AB - Over millions of years in the fossil record, hominin teeth preserve a high-fidelity record of their own growth, development, wear, chemistry and pathology. They yield insights into human evolution that are difficult, if not impossible, to achieve through other sources of fossil or archaeological data. Integrating dental findings with current debates and issues in palaeoanthropology, this book shows how fossil hominin teeth shed light on the origins and evolution of our dietary diversity, extended childhoods, long lifespans, and other fundamental features of human biology. It assesses methods to interpret different lines of dental evidence, providing a critical, practical approach that will appeal to students and researchers in biological anthropology and related fields such as dental science, oral biology, evolutionary biology, and palaeontology. ER -