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Taurodontism in the ancient inhabitants of Anatolia

Title	Taurodontism in the ancient inhabitants of Anatolia
Author	SENYÜREK, MUZAFFER SÜLEYMAN
Publication Place	- Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House
Subject	Belleten (Turkish Historical Society), 1949-04, Vol.13 (50), p.215-221
Type	Periodical
Language	eng,tur
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	The University of Leicester Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1348061
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8c3f702f7ba442b0bd2a4d567f812f22
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	Approximately 40 years ago, it was observed that the pulp chambers (cavit pulpaire chambre pulpaire) in the teeth of Neanderthal man were large, although different. Since it was assumed that the enlargement of dental pulp chambers was not present in anthropoid apes and today's humans, this feature was considered a specialization unique to Homo primigenius (Neanderthal man). It was then concluded, due to this specialization and other considerations, that Neanderthal man could not represent a stage in the evolution of Homo sapiens, contrary to previous hypotheses. The famous British anthropologist Sir Arthur Keith, to whom the science of anthropology owes a lot, was not in favor of this view at first, but later he fully accepted it.

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Taurodontism in the ancient inhabitants of Anatolia

Author SENYÜREK, MUZAFFER SÜLEYMAN

Publication Place - Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House

Subject Belleten (Turkish Historical Society), 1949-04, Vol.13 (50), p.215-221

Type Periodical

Language eng,tur

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library The University of Leicester Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1348061

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8c3f702f7ba442b0bd2a4d567f812f22

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes Approximately 40 years ago, it was observed that the pulp chambers (cavit pulpaire chambre pulpaire) in the teeth of Neanderthal man were large, although different. Since it was assumed that the enlargement of dental pulp chambers was not present in anthropoid apes and today's humans, this feature was considered a specialization unique to Homo primigenius (Neanderthal man). It was then concluded, due to this specialization and other considerations, that Neanderthal man could not represent a stage in the evolution of Homo sapiens, contrary to previous hypotheses. The famous British anthropologist Sir Arthur Keith, to whom the science of anthropology owes a lot, was not in favor of this view at first, but later he fully accepted it.