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Evolution of the Human Canine Tooth 1
Author(s) -
KINZEY WARREN G.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1971.73.3.02a00100
Subject(s) - ancestor , pleistocene , canine tooth , maxillary canine , hominidae , biological evolution , human evolution , most recent common ancestor , evolution of mammals , biology , evolutionary biology , paleontology , history , dentistry , archaeology , anatomy , phylogenetics , medicine , genetics , gene
This paper examines the evidence for the orthodox view that man evolved from a prehominid ancestor with large maxillary canine teeth. Middle Pleistocene hominids with canines larger than those of modern man provide questionable evidence, since those of earlier hominids were smaller. Available fossil evidence supports the view that claims for a large canine in human ancestry have been exaggerated.