Biogeochemical methods using stable isotopes and trace elements have been increasingly
developed and applied to reconstruct modern and ancient breastfeeding and weaning …

Abstract The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease paradigm evaluates the
consequences of early life stress on health at later stages of life. Interacting with this …

Archaeological discoveries of teeth provide remarkable information on humans, animals and
the health, hygiene and diet of ancient communities. In this fully revised and updated 2005 …

Most of what we know about the timing of human enamel formation comes from radiographic
studies on children of known age. Here, we present new longitudinal data derived from a …

Humans have an unusual life history, with an early weaning age, long childhood, late first
reproduction, short interbirth intervals, and long lifespan. In contrast, great apes wean later …

Recent developmental studies demonstrate that early fossil hominins possessed shorter
growth periods than living humans, implying disparate life histories. Analyses of incremental …

One hundred and fifteen unworn anterior teeth were sectioned longitudinally with a diamond
saw and prepared for histological examination by polarized light microscopy. Incremental …

The evolution of life history (pace of growth and reproduction) was crucial to ancient hominin
adaptations. The study of dental development facilitates assessment of growth and …

We report here direct evidence for Neanderthal mobility through the measurement of
strontium isotope ratios in tooth enamel using laser-ablation, which allows us to use much …

This study presents data on the enamel thickness of deciduous (dm2) and permanent (M1–
M3) molars for a geographically diverse sample of modern humans. Measurements were …