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 …

The enhanced dietary flexibility of early hominins to include consumption of
C4/crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) foods (ie, foods derived from grasses, sedges, and …

Dental microwear analysis has proven to be a valuable tool for the reconstruction of aspects
of diet in early hominins. That said, sample sizes for some groups are small, decreasing our …

An understanding of how extinct animals functioned underpins our understanding of past
evolutionary events, including adaptive radiations, and the role of functional innovation and …

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

Dietary habits are inferred from dental microwear and isotope analyses of the Magdalenian
human individual from the site of El Mirón, dated to 15,460±40 BP. The pattern of dental …

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 …

This study aims to characterize the dietary habits of the Barcelona plain (Spain) population
during the Early Bronze Age. An analysis of buccal microwear has been performed on 467 …

Over the last years, the knowledge of the children's diet is a topic of growing interest in
dental anthropology. Our aim seeks to establish patterns of interpopulation and …

Molar occlusal microwear texture and anisotropy analyses of 3 Australopithecus anamensis
fossil specimens have shown complexity values similar to those of Au. afarensis, indicating …