Beasley, M. J., Brown, W.A.B and Legge, A. J. (1993). Metric discrimination between Mandibular First and Second Molars in Domestic Cattle. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 3: 303-314.

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The difficulty of distinguishing between loose first and second mandibular molars of domestic cattle (Bos taurus) from archaeological sites is well-known. This paper proposes cervical length as a discrimatory measure. The possibility that cervical measurements of first and second mandibular molars may be sexually dimorphic is also explored.

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