TY - JOUR
T1 - Design of the mandibular molar in the extant great apes and miocene fossil hominoids
AU - Uchida, Akiko
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PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - The relative size of the cusps of the first mandibular molars of extant great apes and the Miocene hominoids, Proconsul and Sivapithecus were compared. As previously shown, molar morphology can differ between populations of the same species. Although the differences in crown size and shape are not as great as expected, each extant great ape species has a different overall design of the cusp base, probably reflecting its evolutionary history. The relative sizes of the cusps in Proconsul and Sivapithecus are different from those of any extant great apes.
AB - The relative size of the cusps of the first mandibular molars of extant great apes and the Miocene hominoids, Proconsul and Sivapithecus were compared. As previously shown, molar morphology can differ between populations of the same species. Although the differences in crown size and shape are not as great as expected, each extant great ape species has a different overall design of the cusp base, probably reflecting its evolutionary history. The relative sizes of the cusps in Proconsul and Sivapithecus are different from those of any extant great apes.
KW - Cusp area
KW - Great apes
KW - Miocene hominoids
KW - Molar morphology
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U2 - 10.1537/ase.106.supplement_119
DO - 10.1537/ase.106.supplement_119
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:22644451239
SN - 0918-7960
VL - 106
SP - 119
EP - 126
JO - Anthropological Science
JF - Anthropological Science
IS - SUPPL.
ER -