% pubman genre = article @article{item_3022284, title = {{Human deciduous teeth from the Middle Stone Age layers of Sibudu Cave (South Africa)}}, author = {Riga, Alessandro and Oxilia, Gregorio and Panetta, Daniele and Salvadori, Piero A. and Benazzi, Stefano and Wadley, Lyn and Moggi-Cecchi, Jacopo}, language = {eng}, doi = {10.4436/jass.96005}, publisher = {Istituto Italiano di Antropologia}, address = {Rom}, year = {2018}, date = {2018}, abstract = {{In the African Pleistocene, the fossil evidence for early {\textless}br{\textgreater}Homo sapiens{\textless}br{\textgreater} populations is still {\textless}br{\textgreater}relatively limited. Here we present two additional specimens (two deciduous teeth) recovered from the Middle {\textless}br{\textgreater}Stone Age (MSA) deposits of Sibudu Cave (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa). We describe their morphology and {\textless}br{\textgreater}metrics, using three-dimensional models of the teeth obtained from high-resolution micro-CT images. The first {\textless}br{\textgreater}specimen is a Ldm{\textless}br{\textgreater}1{\textless}br{\textgreater} (HUM. TO 1) recovered in the BS5 layer dated 77.3 $\pm$ 2.7 ka, and associated with stone {\textless}br{\textgreater}tools assigned to the {\textquotedblleft}pre-Still Bay{\textquotedblright} assemblage. The other specimen is a Rdi{\textless}br{\textgreater}1{\textless}br{\textgreater} (HUM. TO 2) coming from the {\textless}br{\textgreater}Pinkish Grey Sand (PGS) layer, dated 64.7$\pm$2.3 ka, and associated with a Howieson{\textquoteright}s Poort industry. Both {\textless}br{\textgreater}teeth are well preserved, with minor post mortem cracks not affecting the overall morphology, and they comprise {\textless}br{\textgreater}the intact, worn crown and the remnants of the roots, naturally resorbed. A large carious lesion occupies most {\textless}br{\textgreater}of the distal face and part of the occlusal surface in the Ldm{\textless}br{\textgreater}1{\textless}br{\textgreater}; also a chip of enamel is missing from the disto-{\textless}br{\textgreater}buccal corner. For both teeth, we compared mesio-distal (MD) and bucco-lingual (BL) diameters with those {\textless}br{\textgreater}of other Late Pleistocene deciduous teeth and extant {\textless}br{\textgreater}Homo sapiens{\textless}br{\textgreater}. The analysis has shown that the teeth are {\textless}br{\textgreater}comparable in size with the other MSA specimens described in the literature.}}, journal = {{Journal of Anthropological Sciences}}, volume = {96}, pages = {75--87}, }