“…CC=Coobool Creek; EA=Euston, Australia; MJ=Mesolithic Java; GCH=Gua Cha Hoabinhian; WLB=Walbiri, Australia; AMS=Semelai Aboriginal Malays; AMT=Temuan Aboriginal Malays; SN=Temiar Senoi; CH=Shanghai, China; JB=Batawi, Java; MTP=Motupore Island, PNG; JS=Surabaya, Java; NN=Neolithic Niah; GCN=Gua Cha Neolithic; NGH=New Guinea Highlanders; SMB=Batek Semang; SMJ=Jahai Semang; LPJ=Late Pleistocene Java. Sources: Snell 1938; Barrett et al 1964;Jacob 1967a;Doran and Freedman 1974;Brown 1978;Brace et al 1984;Brown 1989;Storm 1995 However, when the calibrated shape distances (Table 10. The similarity between Australian and New Guinea samples in Figure 10.2, lacking from Figure 10.3, suggests the existence of a 'Southwest Pacific tooth shape' based on mesiodistal diameters and their relation to buccolingual diameters. This similarity cannot be attributed to interstitial wear.…”