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Human Life History Evolution Explains Dissociation between the Timing of Tooth Eruption and Peak Rates of Root Growth

We explored the relationship between growth in tooth root length and the modern human extended period of childhood. Tooth roots provide support to counter chewing forces and so it is advantageous to grow roots quickly to allow teeth to erupt into function as early as possible. Growth in tooth root l...

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Main Authors: Dean, M. Christopher, Cole, Tim J.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544739/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23342167
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054534
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