Direct comparisons of 2D and 3D dental microwear proxies in extant herbivorous and carnivorous mammals. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The analysis of dental microwear is commonly used by paleontologists and anthropologists to clarify the diets of extinct species, including herbivorous and carnivorous mammals.
Larisa R G DeSantis +8 more
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On the use of dental microwear texture analysis to determine aetiology and assess wear of dental tissues for clinical evaluation [PDF]
Biosurface and BiotribologyHere, we present and synthesise some recent collaborative efforts in our laboratories to establish protocols for using dental microwear texture analysis, originally developed to reconstruct diets of fossil mammals and to aid in the clinical assessment of
Peter S. Ungar, Anderson T. Hara
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Climate Change Challenges Grey Wolf Resilience: Insights From Dental Microwear. [PDF]
Ecol LettWe investigate dietary plasticity in European grey wolves across interglacial periods using dental microwear texture analysis. Enhanced durophagy is associated with warm climates in both modern Polish and British Pleistocene wolves, indicating deep‐time behavioural flexibility.
Burtt AA +7 more
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Buccal dental-microwear and dietary ecology in a free-ranging population of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) from southern Gabon. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Analyses of dental micro- and macro-wear offer valuable information about dietary adaptations. The buccal surface of the teeth does not undergo attrition, indicating that dental microwear may directly inform about food properties. Only a few studies have,
Alice M Percher +5 more
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Incorporating intraspecific variation into dental microwear texture analysis. [PDF]
J R Soc Interface, 2019 Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) quantifies microscopic scar or wear patterns left on teeth by different foods or extraneous ingested items such as grit. It can be a powerful tool for deducing the diets of extinct mammals. Here we investigate how intraspecific variation in the dental microwear of macropodids (kangaroos and their close relatives)
Arman SD +4 more
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Dietary behaviour of man-eating lions as revealed by dental microwear textures [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Lions (Panthera leo) feed on diverse prey species, a range that is broadened by their cooperative hunting. Although humans are not typical prey, habitual man-eating by lions is well documented. Fathoming the motivations of the Tsavo and Mfuwe man-eaters (
Larisa R. G. DeSantis +1 more
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Testing Dietary Hypotheses of East African Hominines Using Buccal Dental Microwear Data. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 There is much debate on the dietary adaptations of the robust hominin lineages during the Pliocene-Pleistocene transition. It has been argued that the shift from C3 to C4 ecosystems in Africa was the main factor responsible for the robust dental and ...
Laura Mónica Martínez +3 more
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Can dental microwear textures record inter-individual dietary variations? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 BACKGROUND: Dental microwear analyses are commonly used to deduce the diet of extinct mammals. Conventional methods rely on the user identifying features within a 2D image.
Gildas Merceron +3 more
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The Meaning of Mangabey Molars (And Premolars). [PDF]
Evol AnthropolABSTRACT The postcanine teeth of mangabeys (members of Cercocebus and Lophocebus) have figured prominently in discussions about the relationship between hard‐object feeding and dental form. Grey‐cheeked mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena) and sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) both have thickly enameled posterior teeth.
Guatelli-Steinberg D, Scott McGraw W.
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Diet-related buccal dental microwear patterns in Central African Pygmy foragers and Bantu-speaking farmer and pastoralist populations. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Pygmy hunter-gatherers from Central Africa have shared a network of socioeconomic interactions with non-Pygmy Bantu speakers since agropastoral lifestyle spread across sub-Saharan Africa.
Alejandro Romero +3 more
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