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Dental reduction in post-pleistocene Nubia
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
|July 1, 1986
Summary
Dental analysis of Nubian populations over 12,000 years reveals significant tooth size reduction. This trend, particularly in tooth breadth, occurred between Mesolithic and Agriculturalist groups, with continued molar reduction in later agriculturalists.
Area of Science:
- Paleoanthropology
- Bioarchaeology
- Human Evolution
Background:
- Nubian skeletal biology knowledge is limited.
- A comparative African reference for human tooth size data is needed.