Dietary Habits and Tusk Usage of Shovel-Tusked Gomphotheres from Florida: Evidence from Stereoscopic Wear of Molars and Upper and Lower Tusks [PDF]
Biology, 2022 The paleodiet of the shovel-tusked gomphotheres from Florida (Amebelodon floridanus, Konobelodon britti, and Serbelodon barbourensis) was assessed via microwear analysis of molar dental enamel and compared to a large database of both extant proboscideans
Gina M. Semprebon +2 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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A comprehensive dataset and image-set for exploring buccal dental microwear in late prehistory farming groups from northeastern Iberian Peninsula [PDF]
Data in BriefThis data article presents a comprehensive buccal dental microwear raw database, accompanied by all corresponding archaeological sample micrographs acquired through a ZEISS Axioscope A1 optical microscopy (OM).
Raquel Hernando
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Spatial organisation within the earliest evidence of post-built structures in Britain. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThis paper explores tool-using activities undertaken in and around the earliest known evidence of post-built structures in Britain. Microwear results associated with at least three structures identified at the Early Mesolithic site of Star Carr, North ...
Jessica Bates +3 more
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Dental microwear texture analysis along reptile tooth rows: complex variation with non-dietary variables [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) is a powerful technique for reconstructing the diets of extant and extinct taxa. Few studies have investigated intraspecific microwear differences along with tooth rows and the influence of endogenous non-dietary ...
Jordan Bestwick +3 more
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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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Similar associations of tooth microwear and morphology indicate similar diet across marsupial and placental mammals. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Low-magnification microwear techniques have been used effectively to infer diets within many unrelated mammalian orders, but the extent to which patterns are comparable among such different groups, including long extinct mammal lineages, is unknown ...
Hilary B Christensen
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Digital analysis of tooth microwear, a potential application for dental microwear monitor
Biosurface and Biotribology, 2022 In general, tooth wear is difficult to be noticed until it leads to toothache in vivo. Developing a dynamic dental wear monitoring system to predict tooth wear in daily life is a necessity.
Gang Xue +3 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Dental wear analyses are classically applied to mammals because they have evolved heterodont dentitions for sophisticated mastication. Recently, several studies have shown a correlation between pre-assigned and analytically inferred diet preferences in ...
Daniela E. Winkler +8 more
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Anthropological Review, 2021 The Belgian Meuse karstic basin holds more than 200 Late Neolithic collective burials. Four of the largest include Hastière Caverne M, Hastière Trou Garçon C, Sclaigneaux and Bois Madame.
Bryan Brandon Cory +1 more
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