Strontium isotope analysis of archaeological skeletons has provided useful and exciting
results in archaeology in the last 20 years, particularly by characterizing past human …

Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When
and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had …

We propose that a key change in the evolution of hominids from the last common ancestor
shared with chimpanzees was the substitution of plant underground storage organs (USOs) …

The divergent molar characteristics of Pan troglodytes and Pongo pygmaeus provide an
instructive paradigm for examining the adaptive form-function relationship between molar …

Molar enamel thickness is a key feature in the study of hominid evolution. Our understanding
of enamel thickness and distribution patterns, however, has so far been based mostly on the …

This study examines cross-sections of molar crowns in a diverse modern human sample to
quantify variation in enamel thickness and enamel–dentine junction (EDJ) shape …

Mammalian enamel formation is periodic, including fluctuations attributable to the daily
biological clock as well as longer-period oscillations that enigmatically correlate with body …

Recent humans and their fossil relatives are classified as having thick molar enamel, one of
very few dental traits that distinguish hominins from living African apes. However, little is …

Vital labelling of hard tissues was used to examine the periodicity of features of dental
enamel microstructure. Fluorescent labels were administered pre‐and postnatally to …

This survey of dental microstructure studies reviews recent methods used to quantify
developmental variables (daily secretion rate, periodicity of long-period lines, extension rate …