Joel D. Irish is Professor of Bioarchaeology in the Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK, and Professor Emeritus in the Anthropology Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He is former Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, and his publications focus on dental nonmetric variation and biological affinity. G. Richard Scott is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada Reno, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he taught for 24 years. He has published widely on issues relating to tooth crown and root morphology and biological affinity.
This wonderfully comprehensive volume offers detailed insight into virtually every aspect of dental anthropology. It is destined to become an essential resource for scholars and students alike. Darryl de Ruiter, Texas A&M University A Companion to Dental Anthropology is an excellent, up-to-date compilation of chapters by some of the top names in the field, covering everything from dental evolution and morphological variation to pathology and isotopic studies. Chris Stringer, Natural History Museum, London