Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions guide tooth development through its early stages and
establish the morphology of the dentin surface upon which enamel will be deposited …

In the 1970s, mid‐Pliocene hominin fossils were found at the sites of Hadar in Ethiopia and
Laetoli in Tanzania. These samples constituted the first substantial evidence for hominins …

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 …

Besides Homo erectus (sensu lato), the eastern African fossil record of early Homo has been
interpreted as representing either a single variable species, Homo habilis 1, or two species …

The Middle Awash Ardipithecus ramidus sample comprises over 145 teeth, including
associated maxillary and mandibular sets. These help reveal the earliest stages of human …

Life-history traits correlate closely with dental growth, so differences in dental growth within
Homo can enable us to determine how somatic development has evolved and to identify …

There are thousands of fossils of hominins, but no fossil chimpanzee has yet been reported.
The chimpanzee (Pan) is the closest living relative to humans. Chimpanzee populations …

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 …

A substantial number of the large, slow-growing fauna on several continents were famously
lost in the Pleistocene extinctions. At present, many slow-growing, long-lived mammals are …

Paranthropus boisei is a hominin taxon with a distinctive cranial and dental morphology. Its
hypodigm has been recovered from sites with good stratigraphic and chronological control …