Australopithecine enamel prism patterns

Elisabeth S. Vrba; Fred E. Grine

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Australopithecine enamel prism patterns

Elisabeth S. Vrba
, Fred E. Grine

Anthropology

Stony Brook University

Ditsong National Museum of Natural History

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Abstract

Following a recent suggestion that tooth enamel prism shape differs within Hominoidea, the teeth of a number of extinct and extant hominoid species were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. The enamel prism patterns of some gracile and robust australopithecine specimens from Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, and Kromdraai are recorded. The characteristic arrangements of enamel prisms in all modern and extinct hominoid species were found to be essentially similar. The implications of enamel prisms for phylogenetic deduction in Hominoidea are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	890-892
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	202
Issue number	4370
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.102032
State	Published - 1978

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