The reach of tribology has expanded in diverse fields and tribology related research
activities have seen immense growth during the last decade. This review takes stock of the …

The new field of primate archaeology investigates the technological behavior and material
record of nonhuman primates, providing valuable comparative data on our understanding of …

Objectives In humans it has been shown that abrasive particles in the diet result in increased
tooth wear and less intense chewing behavior, both of which decrease chewing efficiency …

Climate warming and human landscape transformation during the Holocene resulted in
environmental changes for wild animals. The last remnants of the European Pleistocene …

Paleobiologists tend to use dietary information as an ecological indicator because diet is a
fundamental link between an organism and its environment. However, the ecological …

The thick-enameled, bunodont dentition shared by most early hominins has traditionally
been interpreted as reflecting durophagy, especially in the robust genus Paranthropus …

Dental microwear analysis has been employed in studies of a wide range of modern and
fossil animals, yielding insights into the biology/ecology of those taxa. Some researchers …

The importance of diet in primate ecology has motivated the use of a variety of methods to
reconstruct dietary habits of extinct hominin taxa. Dental microwear is one such approach …

Reptiles are key components of modern ecosystems, yet for many species detailed
characterisations of their diets are lacking. Data currently used in dietary reconstructions are …

Objectives This study seeks to determine if (a) consumption of hard food items or a mixture
of food items leads to the formation of premolar or molar microwear in laboratory capuchin …