Implicaciones paleobiológicas de la dentición del Ardipithecus ramidus

Gen Suwa1, Reiko T Kono, Scott W Simpson

  • 1University Museum, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan. suwa@um.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 8, 2009
PubMed
Resumen

Ardipithecus ramidus tenía dientes más pequeños que Australopithecus, lo que sugiere una dieta omnívora y una reducción canina temprana en la evolución humana. Este hallazgo ofrece información sobre las primeras adaptaciones de los homínidos y el dimorfismo sexual.

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