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Dental microwear texture analysis in mammalian ecology
Mammal Review, 2016AbstractNeoecology and paleoecology both seek to answer the same questions, albeit using different material, at different time scales and with different limitations. Nevertheless, too often, neoecologists neglect paleoecology, and paleoecologists only use neoecology as a baseline for actualism.
Calandra, Ivan, Merceron, Gildas
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Terrestrial foraging and dental microwear inPapio ursinus
Primates, 1999Dental microwear of ten wild-shot chacma baboons (Papio urinus) form Northwest and Northern Privinces, South Africa was examined by scanning electron microscopy. All specimens were collected during the dry season, during which these primates exploit hypogeous (underground) food items, including tubers and corms. The microwear fabric of thisP.
David J. Daegling, Frederick E. Grine
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The assessment of jaw movement direction from dental microwear
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1984AbstractIn order to resolve several controversies about unusual jaw movements such as thegosis and orthal retraction, information about direction of jaw movement is essential. Ryan (1979a,b) proposed that asymmetry of microwear striations might provide such data.
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Dental Microwear Analysis of Cercopithecoides Williamsi
2013Cercopithecoides williamsi, a Plio-Pleistocene primate, is believed to have been a terrestrial colobine monkey. Dental microwear analysis of C. williamsi specimens from South African cave sites was employed to test these assumptions. Analysis of the features shows that although the microwear signature of C.
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Dental microwear and Paleoanthropology: Cautions and possibilities
2007Fifty years ago, investigators realized they could gain insights into jaw movement and tooth-use through light-microscope analyses of wear patterns on teeth. Since then, numerous analyses of modern and fossil material have yielded insights into the evolution of tooth use and diet in a wide variety of animals.
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Dental microwear. Morphological, functional and phylogenetic correlations.
Italian journal of anatomy and embryology = Archivio italiano di anatomia ed embriologia, 1998Dental wear, at first considered a pathological condition, is now regarded as a physiological mechanism of teeth adaptation to continuous masticatory stresses. Excessive wear is limited by characteristic structural adaptations of dental hard tissues showing a phylogenetic trend and specialisation.
G, Villa, G, Giacobini
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A review of methodology and quantification in dental microwear analysis.
Scanning microscopy, 1988Dental microwear analysis is a method of inferring oral events (primarily food processing and aspects of masticatory biomechanics) from microscopic abrasion patterns retained on the enamel surfaces of teeth. Although some qualitative pattern differences may be easily distinguishable, most of the significant results produced thus far have derived from ...
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A review of dental microwear and diet in modern mammals.
Scanning microscopy, 1988Recent work has shown that microscopic wear patterns on teeth may yield insights into variations in diet and tooth use in modern and prehistoric mammals. This paper presents a review of dental microwear and diet in modern mammals, plus a discussion of topics for further research.
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