Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Paleodontology

The study of the teeth of early forms of life through fossil remains.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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The study of the teeth of early forms of life through fossil remains.

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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IM for the discipline (education, history, etc); NIM as a coordinate for studies involving fossil remains of teeth; check tags HISTORICAL ARTICLE & ANCIENT HISTORY or MEDIEVAL HISTORY; for prehistory, ANCIENT HISTORY tag is all right; paleodontology is for pre-Columbian, nothing later

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  1. I01w.076w.368w.584w.583

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Paleodontology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010161. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010161
  2. Paleodontology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58007404