[Contribution of radiological technics to the study of the mandibular canal. Application to human fossils and comparison with modern man and Pongidae]

Bull Assoc Anat (Nancy). 1986 Dec;70(211):49-54.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Fossil mandibles from the "La Chapelle-aux-Saints" Man and Cro-Magnon "old man" are considered to be representative of Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon era. Radiographic studies of such mandibles - including C. T. Scan and panoramic views in common use in maxillofacial surgery - allowed the authors to make useful comments: the mandibular canals are nearly similar to those in Modern Man and quite different from those in Pongidae; the imaging was of adequate quality for a good evaluation of fossil internal structures.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fossils*
  • History, Ancient
  • Hominidae / anatomy & histology*
  • Humans
  • Mandible / anatomy & histology
  • Mandible / diagnostic imaging*
  • Paleontology*
  • Paleopathology*
  • Pongo pygmaeus / anatomy & histology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed