In this latest volume in the Human Evolution Series, Erik Trinkaus and his co-authors
synthesize the research and findings concerning the human remains found at the Sunghir …

Determining the diet of an extinct species is paramount in any attempt to reconstruct its
paleoecology. Because the distribution and mechanical properties of food items may impact …

Dental casting is a very common procedure for making high‐quality replicas of paleo‐
anthropological remains. Replicas are frequently used, instead of original remains, to study …

Dental microwear, usually analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques,
is a good indicator of the abrasive potential of past human population diets. Scanning …

The formation of dental caries is mainly caused by dietary habits and therefore, may contain
information for dietary reconstructions of fossil hominids. This study investigates the caries …

In palaeoanthropological research, the relationship between diet, dental morphology, and
tooth use is biologically very significant. Teeth are the body's most enduring component; …

There is much debate on the dietary adaptations of the robust hominin lineages during the
Pliocene-Pleistocene transition. It has been argued that the shift from C3 to C4 ecosystems …

Dietary reconstruction is used to make inferences about the subsistence strategies of
ancient human populations, but it may also serve as a proxy to characterise their diverse …

Buccal microwear patterns on teeth are good indicators of the abrasiveness of foodstuffs and
have been used to trace the dietary habits of fossil species, including primates and …

A recent study of occlusal microwear in Australopithecus afarensis described this species as
an opportunistic dweller, living in both forested and open environments and greatly relying …