Abstract
Many recent studies have demonstrated that tooth size and morphology may be used to assess population affinities among groups that have experienced varying degrees of microdifferentiation (Bailit et al., 1968; Bailit, 1975; Baume and Crawford, 1978; Boyd, 1972; Crawford et al., 1975; Friedlaender, 1975; O’Rourke, 1916a,b; O’Rourke and Crawford, 1976, 1980; Sofaer et al., 1972). While the dental traits themselves may be evolutionarily somewhat more conservative than simpler genetic polymorphisms, their relative ease of collection, permanence, and traditional importance in macroevolutionary studies make them an important and appropriate data base from which to evaluate trends in microevolution.
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