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. 2003 Mar 12;100(7):3874–3877. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0637016100

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics

Wear P. t. troglodytes
G. g. gorilla
Md Ed Hyd Hd Pd Md Ed Hyd Hd Pd
Mean cusp slope
 1 44.0 43.1
 2 37.2 36.4 34.4 29.5 41.9 44.0 42.6
 3 37.6 35.4 29.4 33.3 32.8 38.8 41.8 42.8 39.9 36.4
 4 32.7 33.8 29.9 33.0 31.6 39.0 40.2 33.2 38.6 37.9
 5 30.4 32.0 25.3 29.0 27.7 37.7 37.9 38.2 36.3 38.2
 6 28.9 25.4 26.1 37.5 32.4 28.9 30.1 28.9
 7 17.9 36.6 21.2 26.3 27.3 31.7
 8 28.5 31.1 27.8 43.9
Mean angularity*
 1 0.944 0.923
 2 0.952 0.954 0.947 0.945 0.948 0.946 0.944
 3 0.954 0.952 0.958 0.951 0.954 0.949 0.949 0.955 0.948 0.954
 4 0.945 0.956 0.960 0.953 0.957 0.947 0.945 0.958 0.946 0.954
 5 0.955 0.954 0.961 0.954 0.957 0.951 0.949 0.956 0.946 0.953
 6 0.958 0.955 0.956 0.953 0.955 0.957 0.953 0.955
 7 0.961 0.941 0.960 0.958 0.957 0.957
 8 0.957 0.957 0.958 0.952

Wear scores are defined following Scott's (15) method. Md, Metaconid; Ed, Entoconid; Hyd, Hypoconulid; Hd, Hypoconid; Pd, Protoconid. 

*

Add 89° to each value for angularity measurement.