title: Crown component variation in the hominoid lower second premolar.
abstract: An exploratory analysis of crown component measurements illustrates a great increase in retrieval of morphological information over the more conventional measurements of maximum dental length and breadth.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000032:analysis*; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D049690:History, Ancient; D015186:Hominidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D006922:Hylobates / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010161:Paleodontology; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011323:Primates / Q000033:anatomy & histology*