UISPP Journal, 2019 Dental microwear is a widely used technique to infer the diet of ancient populations. This method allows to determine not only the physical properties of the food, such as abrasiveness or hardness, but also informs about how food was processed before ...
Raquel Hernando +4 more
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Anterior tooth-use behaviors among early modern humans and Neandertals.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Early modern humans (EMH) are often touted as behaviorally advanced to Neandertals, with more sophisticated technologies, expanded resource exploitation, and more complex clothing production.
Kristin L Krueger +4 more
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Comparison of Microwear on Rodent Molars from Differing Species and a Wide Range of Environments [PDF]
, 2015 Dental microwear analysis is a very useful tool when trying to infer the diet of a particular organism. By studying the use-wear scars left on the enamel of the tooth due to eaten objects, one can infer the diet of the organism because certain types of ...
Joiner, Mikko
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Tooth wear prevention: A quantitative and qualitative in vitro study [PDF]
, 2003 The document attached has been archived with permission from the Australian Dental Association. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.Background: Management of tooth wear from grinding presents a significant clinical challenge.
Arnell RD +6 more
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Tooth wear and microwear of theropods from the Late Maastrichtian Marília Formation (Bauru Group), Minas Gerais State, Brazil [PDF]
Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2015 ABSTRACTLittle is known about the tooth wear of South American theropod dinosaurs. This paper describes wear facets in Abelisauridae, Carcharodontosauridae and some indeterminate theropods teeth, from the Marília Formation. Four types of wear facets are proposed: vertically-oriented attritional striations; perpendicular attritional surfaces; oval wear ...
Carlos Roberto A. Candeiro +3 more
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The Role of Grass vs. Exogenous Abrasives in the Paleodietary Patterns of North American Ungulates
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Equids have often been discussed regarding tooth morphological change due to the evolution of highly hypsodont teeth over time, the hyper-grazing habits of modern horses, and an older view that the acquisition of hypsodonty and the widespread appearance ...
Gina M. Semprebon +5 more
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Translating taxonomy into the evolution of conodont feeding ecology [PDF]
, 2016 Conodont research has long been divided between utilitarian applications to solve geological problems versus analysis of their palaeobiology. However recent advances in conodont functional analysis allow these independent stands of research to be unified,
Botella, Hector +3 more
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Myological and osteological approaches to gape and bite force reconstruction in Smilodon fatalis
The Anatomical Record, Volume 308, Issue 11, Page 2944-2961, November 2025.Abstract Masticatory gape and bite force are important behavioral and ecological variables. While much has been written about the highly derived masticatory anatomy of Smilodon fatalis, there remains a great deal of debate about their masticatory behaviors.
Ashley R. Deutsch +5 more
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Microremains from El Mirón Cave human dental calculus suggest a mixed plant/animal subsistence economy during the Magdalenian in Northern Iberia [PDF]
, 2015 Despite more than a century of detailed investigation of the Magdalenian period in Northern Iberia, our understanding of the diets during this period is limited.
González Morales, Manuel R. +4 more
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Sharpening our understanding of saber‐tooth biomechanics
The Anatomical Record, Volume 308, Issue 11, Page 3022-3040, November 2025.Abstract Saber‐teeth are a striking example of convergent evolution in vertebrate predators, having evolved multiple times in mammals and their early ancestors. While there is broad consensus that saber‐toothed taxa employed a distinct biting strategy compared to conical‐toothed carnivores, like the lion, the precise mechanics and variability of this ...
Tahlia Pollock, Philip S. L. Anderson
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