Primate Dental Development
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This project explores the developmental differences in dental                   maturation between monkeys, great apes and humans.  Through the                 study of dental radiographs housed in several research                          institutions, Dr. Smith will trace the pattern of eruption                      between these three groups, note the range of variation within                  each and then derive standards against which early human fossil                 materials may be evaluated.  This research should greatly further               our understanding of how early hominids matured.  One group of                  anthropologists argues that early humans had an extremely delayed               maturation pattern, such as our own, and this implies a long                    period of juvenile dependency during which complex culturally                   determined behaviors could be learned from parents.  Another                    group believes that the early hominid pattern was more apelike                  and that therefore a lower level of cultural complexity was                     attained.  Presently it is difficult to decide between                          alternatives because satisfactory modern growth standards are not               avaiable.  Dr. Smith's research will help to remedy this                        situation.
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