Dryopithecine pattern
As Dryopithecinenmuster or Dryopithecus- pattern refers to the for Dryopithecus typical dental crown pattern of the back molars . These have five humps ( "tubercula" ) in Dryopithecus , which are also found in the early humans (Hominoidea) descending from him - or his close relatives . Since "animal monkeys" (i.e. the other dry-nosed primates ) only have four humps, the dryopithecine pattern is an important aid for classifying fossil teeth and jaw finds.
In the case of the genus Homo , however, there are six or seven humps, so that these types can be distinguished from the older australopithecines (five humps).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Storch, Ulrich Welsch, Michael Wink: Evolutionary Biology. Springer, 2001, p. 442, ISBN 978-3540418801
- ↑ Friedemann Schrenk in: Spectrum of Science , No. 9/2010, p. 69