Wild chimpanzee dentition and its implications for assessing life history in immature hominin fossils.
Data from three African field sites on Pan troglodytes demonstrate an unambiguous pattern of a slower growth rate in wild vs. captive chimpanzee populations. A revised dental growth chronology for chimpanzees is similar to estimated timing of Homo erectus and therefore has implications for interpreting life history in hominins.
Zihlman
Adrienne
A
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. a.zihlman@ucsc.edu
Bolter
Debra
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Boesch
Christophe
C
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003817:Dentition; D005260:Female; D005580:Fossils; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010161:Paleodontology; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000033:anatomy & histology*