On dental wear, dental work, and oral health in the type specimen (LB1) of Homo floresiensis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8312438 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William L Jungers (0000-0002-8092-1429, Stony Brook University Hospital, corresponding author), Yousuke Kaifu (0000-0003-0483-104X, National Museum of Nature and Science) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 145 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 282-289 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.21492 |
| PMID | 21412994 |
| OpenAlex | W2169042819 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 33 |
The claim that the lower left first mandibular molar of LB1, the type specimen of Homo floresiensis , displays endodontic work, and a filling is assessed by digital radiography and micro‐CT scanning. The M 1 tooth crown is heavily worn and exhibits extensive dentine exposure that is stained white, but there is no trace of endodontic treatment or a dental filling in this Indonesian fossil dated to 17.1‐19.0 kya. Dental calculus (commonly observed in foragers) is present on the teeth of LB1, but there are no observable caries. The pattern of dental attrition in the mandibles of both LB1/2 and LB6/1 (moderate to extensive flat wear across the entire arch) is consistent with that seen in Plio‐Pleistocene Homo fossils and in modern hunter‐gatherers, and is not typical of most agriculturalists. We conclude that the dental‐work and farming hypotheses are falsified and therefore irrelevant to the debate over the taxonomy and phylogeny of H. floresiensis . Am J Phys Anthropol, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Archaeology · Dental anatomy · Geography · Dentistry · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Preface
Diet and the aetiology of dental calculus
The caries-attrition competition
Caries and attrition
Ancient dental calculus and diet
Human tooth wear, tooth function and cultural variability
Relationships between age and dental attrition in Australian aboriginals
Gradients of dentine exposure in human molar tooth attrition
Gradients of occlusal wear in hunter‐gatherers and agriculturalists
Five years of Homo floresiensis
Brief communication
Hominid Mandibular Remains from Sangiran
Patterns of molar wear in hunter–gatherers and agriculturalists
Changes in the pattern of tooth wear from prehistoric to recent periods in Japan
Form and patterning of anterior tooth wear among aboriginal human groups
Tooth wear and the ?design? of the human dentition
Dental calculus and other dental disease in a human skeleton of the Okhotsk Culture unearthed at Hamanaka‐2 site, Rebun‐Island, Hokkaido, Japan
Recording dental caries in archaeological human remains
Was Extensive Tooth Wear Normal in Our Ancestors? A Preliminary Examination in the Genus Homo
Geochronology of cave deposits at Liang Bua and of adjacent river terraces in the Wae Racang valley, western Flores, Indonesia
Liang Bua Homo floresiensis mandibles and mandibular teeth
Reconstructing the geomorphic history of Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia
A new Homo erectus molar from Sangiran
Dental Health Diet and Social Status among Central African Foragers and Farmers
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |