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Dental evidence for ontogenetic differences between modern humans and NeanderthalsTanya M Smith
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:20923-8. 2010..sapiens. When compared with earlier hominin taxa, both Neanderthals and H. sapiens have extended the duration of dental development. This period of dental immaturity is particularly prolonged in modern humans...- First molar eruption, weaning, and life history in living wild chimpanzeesTanya M Smith
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110:2787-91. 2013..Estimates of M1 emergence age in australopiths are remarkably similar to the Kanyawara chimpanzees, and recent reconstructions of their life histories should be reconsidered in light of these findings... 
Variation in enamel thickness within the genus HomoTanya M Smith
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
J Hum Evol 62:395-411. 2012..Additional research is necessary to reconstruct hominin dietary ecology since thick enamel is not a prerequisite for hard-object feeding, and it is present in most later Homo species despite advances in technology and food processing...- Enamel thickness in Bornean and Sumatran orangutan dentitionsTanya M Smith
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 147:417-26. 2012..These data provide only limited support for ecological explanations of enamel thickness patterns within great ape genera. Future studies of dietary ecology and enamel thickness should consider sex differences more systematically... - Dental development of the Taï Forest chimpanzees revisitedT M Smith
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
J Hum Evol 58:363-73. 2010..These data do not undermine recent developmental studies of the comparative life histories of fossil hominins... - Temporal nature of periradicular bands ('Striae periradicales') on mammalian tooth rootsTanya M Smith
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Front Oral Biol 13:86-92. 2009..Despite their potential for studies of primate root growth, the etiology of these lines in mammalian roots requires further study... - Rapid dental development in a Middle Paleolithic Belgian NeanderthalTanya M Smith
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:20220-5. 2007..Moreover, evidence from the Scladina juvenile and other similarly aged hominins suggests that a prolonged childhood and slow life history are unique to Homo sapiens... - Brief communication: enamel thickness trends in the dental arcade of humans and chimpanzeesTanya M Smith
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Am J Phys Anthropol 136:237-41. 2008..As nondestructive imaging techniques become commonplace (facilitating the examination of increasing numbers of fossil specimens), studies may maximize available samples by expanding beyond molars... 
Technical note: compatibility of microtomographic imaging systems for dental measurementsAnthony J Olejniczak
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Am J Phys Anthropol 134:130-4. 2007....- Dental tissue proportions and enamel thickness in Neandertal and modern human molarsAnthony J Olejniczak
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany
J Hum Evol 55:12-23. 2008..Although molar tissue proportions distinguish Neanderthals from recent Homo sapiens, additional study is necessary to assess trends in tissue proportions in the genus Homo throughout the Pleistocene... - Earliest evidence of modern human life history in North African early Homo sapiensTanya M Smith
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:6128-33. 2007..Corresponding biological and cultural changes may have appeared relatively late in the course of human evolution... - Morphology of the enamel-dentine junction in sections of anthropoid primate maxillary molarsAnthony J Olejniczak
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany
J Hum Evol 53:292-301. 2007..When considered in conjunction with aspects of molar morphology, such as developmental features and enamel thickness, EDJ shape may be a useful tool for the taxonomic assessment of fossil molars... - Incremental dental development: methods and applications in hominoid evolutionary studiesTanya M Smith
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany
J Hum Evol 54:205-24. 2008..Areas for future research are identified, including the need for validation and standardization of certain methods, and new methods for integrating nondestructive structural and developmental studies are highlighted...