Sexual differences in the anterior dentition in African primates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8320320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan J Almquist (California State University System, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 359-367 |
| Publication date | 1974-05-01 |
| 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.1330400307 |
| PMID | 4207857 |
| OpenAlex | W2080813147 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 13 |
A study was made of ranges of variation of the anterior dentition of various African nonhuman primates. Comparisons of the dentitions were made between different species and sex differences within each species were determined. Among the nonhuman primate groups studied were: Gorilla gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus, Cercopithecus nictitans, Cercocebus albigena and Colobus badius. In monkeys the canine teeth of the males are considerably larger than those of the females. There are also considerable differences in size in the rest of the anterior dentition. In apes, and specifically only gorillas, distinct sex differences are only found in the maxillary canines. In the chimpanzees, sex differences in the dentition are much smaller and there is considerable overlap in the ranges of variation. There are no fundamental differences in the size of the rest of the anterior dentition in the apes. The present study shows that differences due to sex in the anterior dentition, excluding the canine, are not as great as has been considered. If we consider the fossil record of man, whose morphological complex includes a much reduced canine, the probability will be that sex differences in the rest of the dentition will be negligible. Given the fragmentary nature of the fossil record, it is, therefore, highly unlikely that the determination of the sex of any fossil hominid specimen can be accurately made based solely on the evidence of its dentition
Biology · Bonobo · Dentition · Gorilla · Pan paniscus · Primate · Sexual difference · Zoology · Ecology · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Paleontology · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Psychology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
An Allometric Perspective on the Morphological and Evolutionary Relationships between Pygmy (Pan Paniscus) and Common (Pan troglodytes) Chimpanzees
The Common Ancestor
The Dentition of the Pygmy Chimpanzee, Pan paniscus
Body size and proportions in chimpanzees, with special reference toPan troglodytes schweinfurthii from Gombe National Park, Tanzania
Sexual Dimorphism
Relationship of sexual dimorphism in canine size and body size to social, behavioral, and ecological correlates in anthropoid primates
Intraspecific variability and sexual dimorphism in the skulls ofPan troglodytes verus
Methodological considerations on the study of sexual dimorphism in past human populations
Hominoid dental variability and species number at the late Miocene site of Lufeng, China
On heterochrony in heterodonty
A metric analysis ofCercopithecus aethiops dentition
Patterns of sexual dimorphism and of variability in the dentition ofOtolemur crassicaudatus
Size and shape dimorphism in great ape mandibles and implications for fossil species recognition
Sexual dimorphism in canine shape among extant great apes
Metric variability in the anterior dentition of African colobines
Morphological variation of the maxilla in modern humans and African apes
Hominoid arcade shape
Variability and sexual dimorphism in canine size of Australopithecus and extant hominoids
Canine crown morphology and sexual dimorphism in the Hylobates lar
Rates of evolutionary change during the radiation of late Neogene hominoids
Canine reduction in the Miocene hominoid Oreopithecus bambolii
Canine crown morphology and sexual dimorphism in the Great apes
Canine crown morphology and sexual dimorphism in the Pan paniscus
Sex-differences in the canines of the gibbon (Hylobates lar)
Observations on the teeth of the mountain gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla beringei )
Metric and taxonomic variations in the dentitions of two Asian cercopithecoid species
Metric variability of the postcanine dentition in colobus monkeys
Variation in the dimensions of lower molars in man and anthropoid apes
Trends in the Evolution of the Pongid Dentition
Evolutionary Change in the Hominoid Maxilla
| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,46 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2022 (47) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |