TY - JOUR
T1 - The anterior buccal mandibular depressions
T2 - Ontogeny and phylogeny
AU - Arensburg, B.
AU - Kaffe, I.
AU - Littner, M. M.
PY - 1989/3
Y1 - 1989/3
N2 - The frequency of an anterior buccal depression in the mandible (ABMD), or a mental fossa, is reported on 970 human mandibles of various groups and different ages, as well as in 38 mandibles of nonhuman primates. The ontogenetic and phylogenetic significance of the results relevant to development of a chin in Homo sapiens is discussed. The ABMD is also compared with the occurrence of a lingual mandibular depression.
AB - The frequency of an anterior buccal depression in the mandible (ABMD), or a mental fossa, is reported on 970 human mandibles of various groups and different ages, as well as in 38 mandibles of nonhuman primates. The ontogenetic and phylogenetic significance of the results relevant to development of a chin in Homo sapiens is discussed. The ABMD is also compared with the occurrence of a lingual mandibular depression.
KW - Mandibular depressions
KW - Menton
KW - Uniquely human trait
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0024553021&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/ajpa.1330780311
DO - 10.1002/ajpa.1330780311
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C2 - 2929743
AN - SCOPUS:0024553021
SN - 0002-9483
VL - 78
SP - 431
EP - 437
JO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology
JF - American Journal of Physical Anthropology
IS - 3
ER -