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Teeth : a very short introduction / by Peter S. Ungar.
Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks QP88.6 .U54 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ungar, Peter S.
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 384.
- Very short introductions ; 384
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teeth.
- Teeth--Evolution.
- Mammals--Evolution.
- Mammals.
- Biological Evolution.
- Tooth--physiology.
- Mammals--anatomy & histology.
- Paleodontology--methods.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biological Evolution.
- Tooth--physiology.
- Mammals--anatomy & histology.
- Paleodontology--methods.
- Physical Description:
- 137 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- In this Very Short Introduction, Peter S. Ungar, an award-winning author and leading scientist, presents the story of teeth. Ungar outlines the key concepts, including insight into the origin of teeth and their evolution. Considering why teeth are important, he describes how they are made, and how they work, including their fundamental importance in the fossil record. Ungar finishes with a review of mammal teeth, looking at how they evolved and how recent changes to our diet are now affecting dental health.
- Contents:
- Teeth matter
- Types and parts of teeth
- What teeth do: food and feeding
- Teeth before the mammals
- The evolution of teeth in mammals
- Mammalian teeth today
- Human teeth and their history
- Endless forms.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199670595
- 9780199670598
- OCLC:
- 879151584
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