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Dental microwear differences between eastern and southern African fossil bovids and hominins

South African Journal of Science, 2016
Dental microwear has proven to be a valuable tool for reconstructing diets of fossil vertebrates. However, recent studies have suggested that the pattern of microscopic scratches and pits on teeth may be more reflective of environmental grit than of food
Peter S. Ungar, Jessica R. Scott, Christine M. Steininger   +2 more
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Behavioral strategies of prehistoric and historic children from dental microwear texture analysis

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
IntroductionReconstructing the dietary and behavioral strategies of our hominin ancestors is crucial to understanding their evolution, adaptation, and overall way of life.
Almudena Estalrrich, Almudena Estalrrich, Kristin L. Krueger   +2 more
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Comparison of maxillary first molar occlusal outlines of Neandertals from the Meuse River Basin of Belgium using elliptical Fourier analysis

Anthropological Review, 2017
Several Neandertals derive from the karstic caves of the Meuse river tributaries of Belgium, including Engis 2, Scladina 4A-4 and Spy 1. These may form a group that is distinct in maxillary first molar occlusal outlines compared to La Quina 5 from ...
Williams Frank L’Engle, Lane Katherine M., Anderson William G.   +2 more
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Dental microwear and diet of the Plio-Pleistocene hominin Paranthropus boisei.

PLoS ONE, 2008
The Plio-Pleistocene hominin Paranthropus boisei had enormous, flat, thickly enameled cheek teeth, a robust cranium and mandible, and inferred massive, powerful chewing muscles. This specialized morphology, which earned P. boisei the nickname "Nutcracker
Peter S Ungar, Frederick E Grine, Mark F Teaford   +2 more
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Multi-proxy dentition analyses reveal niche partitioning between sympatric herbivorous dinosaurs

Scientific Reports, 2022
Dentitions of the sympatric herbivorous dinosaurs Hungarosaurus (Ankylosauria, Nodosauridae) and Mochlodon (Ornithopoda, Rhabdodontidae) (Santonian, Hungary) were analysed to investigate their dietary ecology, using several complementary methods ...
Attila Ősi, Paul M. Barrett, Alistair R. Evans, András Lajos Nagy, Imre Szenti, Ákos Kukovecz, János Magyar, Martin Segesdi, Kinga Gere, Viviána Jó   +9 more
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Dietary ecology of the extinct cave bear: Evidence of omnivory as inferred from dental microwear textures [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2016
The diet of the extinct European cave bear, Ursus spelaeus, has widely been debated. Diverging from the extant brown bear (Ursus arctos) approximately 1.2 million years ago, the cave bear is one of the most ubiquitous fossil bears occurring in Europe ...
D. Brent Jones, Larisa R.G. DeSantis
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Apport de la micro-usure dentaire à la reconstitution du régime alimentaire des anciens Pascuans

Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2008
This study concerns the analysis of the dental microwear of 71 Easter Islanders who lived between the 13th and the 20th centuries and whose skeletons are housed in the Sebastian Englert Museum (Easter Island) as well as the Royal Institute of Natural ...
Caroline Polet, Céline Bourdon, Martine Vercauteren, Jean-Louis Slachmuylder   +3 more
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Los niños de La Cova de Valdavara (Becerreá, Lugo): Análisis morfológico, patológico y del microdesgaste dental [PDF]

Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2019
Este artículo presenta un análisis holístico de los restos dentales pertenecientes a tres individuos infantiles del yacimiento de la Edad del Bronce de la Cueva de Valdavara (Becerréa, Lugo), mediante diferentes aproximaciones metodológicas, como es el ...
R. Hernando, M. Lozano, D. Ceperuelo, S. Alonso, M. Vaquero   +4 more
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In‐vitro puncture experiment using alligator teeth tracks the formation of dental microwear and its association with hardness of the diet

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract With the development of dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA), there has been an increasing application of DMTA for dietary estimation in extant and fossil reptiles, including dinosaurs. While numerous feeding experiments exist for herbivorous mammals, knowledge remains limited for carnivorous reptiles. This study aimed to qualitatively and
K. Usami, M. O. Kubo
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Contextualizing Buccal Dental Microwear Variations During the Byzantine Period in Jordan

Dental Anthropology, 2014
This study scanned 14 buccal surfaces of teeth casts microscopically from the Byzantine sites of Yajuz and Sa'ad in Jordan, and 7 samples from the Natufian site of El Wad in Palestine for the purpose of studying buccal microwear.
Mohammad Alrousan, Ali Khwaileh, Abdulla Al-Shorman   +2 more
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