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Non-metric tooth crown traits of the Thai, Aka and Yao tribes of northern Thailand.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Apr 1997
Manabe Y, Ito R, Kitagawa Y, Oyamada J, Rokutanda A, Nagamoto S, Kobayashi S, Kato K
Abstract excerpt
A survey was made of Thai tribe members, who cultivate rice paddies in the flatlands of northern Thailand, and of the Aka and Yao tribes, who farm with the slash-and-burn method in a mountainous region of northern Thailand. Plaster casts of the upper and lower jaws of tribe members were taken. Seventeen non-metric traits of their tooth crowns were classified and compared with other Mongoloid populations in...
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