Read D W
Am J Phys Anthropol. 1975 Jan;42(1):105-25. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330420115.
Hominid fossil teeth are analyzed in terms of size and shape and contrasted with teeth from a modern population to determine boundaries that can be placed on a reconstruction of the hominid phylogeny. Teeth alone are considered as they are the only material preserved in large enough quantities to measure population variability accurately. Problems with the use of indices such as size and shape as species markers are discussed. Conclusions that are made about possible phylogenies are based on the analysis of size and shape.
对原始人类化石牙齿进行大小和形状分析，并与现代人群的牙齿进行对比，以确定在重建原始人类系统发育时可以设定的界限。仅考虑牙齿，因为它们是保存数量足够多以便准确测量群体变异性的唯一材料。讨论了将大小和形状等指标用作物种标记的问题。关于可能的系统发育得出的结论基于对大小和形状的分析。
