Retrospective Estimate of the Individual History
of Life in Population Studies on Mammals

G. A. Klevezal

Kol’tsov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 26, Moscow, 119991 Russia
E-mail: anzuz@online.ru

Received April 18, 2001

Abstract—Analysis of the recording structures in mammals, such as dentine, cementum, or bone tissue, makes
it possible to estimate the parameters of individual history of life: age at the moment of death, seasons of death
and birth, growth rate, age of sexual maturation, etc. Using the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) as an example, it
has been shown what specific life features essential for population studies may be estimated when only mandi-
bles with teeth are available.

Key words: recording structures, reindeer.

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