"Paleodontology" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The study of the teeth of early forms of life through fossil remains.
| Descriptor ID |
D010161
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.076.368.584.583
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Paleodontology" by people in Profiles.
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Dental Calculus and the Evolution of the Human Oral Microbiome. J Calif Dent Assoc. 2016 Jul; 44(7):411-20.
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Long-term genetic stability and a high-altitude East Asian origin for the peoples of the high valleys of the Himalayan arc. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 07 05; 113(27):7485-90.
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A new era in palaeomicrobiology: prospects for ancient dental calculus as a long-term record of the human oral microbiome. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2015 Jan 19; 370(1660):20130376.