Evolutionary trends in human mandibles and dentition from Neolithic to current Chinese.

Objectives: This study aimed to systematically compare Neolithic mandibles and dentition with modern Chinese, and thereby discern human evolutionary trends.

Materials And Methods: Neolithic remains of 45 adults unearthed at the Zhangqiu Jiaojia site, were compared with clinical records of 48 patients at Shandong University. All samples were scanned by cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) using identical parameters.