France reinforces an evolutionary model of the gradual accumulation of Neandertal-derived
facial and dental features during the Middle Pleistocene of the northwestern Old World. The
pronounced maxillary incisor beveling of Aubesier 4 helps to extend the antiquity of
nondietary use of the anterior dentition. The interproximal “toothpick” groove on the Aubesier
10 molar increases the sample for these lesions. The pathological loss of the mandibular …