This paper presents a brief synopsis of work on relationships between mammalian tooth
form and function, and considers the role of dental wear in studies of mammal teeth …

The most important demand of today's high-performance materials is to unite high strength
with extreme fracture toughness. The combination of withstanding large forces (strength) …

Objective Overview the development of human tooth; enamel, dentoenamel junction and
dentin in regard to hierarchical structure property relationships and how these component …

Interdisciplinary research has benefitted the fields of anthropology and engineering for
decades: a classic example being the application of material science to the field of feeding …

Size and shape are often considered important variables that lead to variation in
performance. In studies of feeding, size‐corrected metrics of the skull are often used as …

Objectives Enamel prism decussation, which manifests as Hunter-Schreger Bands (HSB), is
considered a mechanism to mitigate crack propagation. During the chewing cycle, the …

Although tool use may enhance resource utilization, its fitness benefits are difficult to
measure. By examining longitudinal data from 196 radio-tagged southern sea otters …

Objectives A variety of mechanical processes can result in antemortem dental chipping. In
this study, chipping data in the teeth of Homo naledi are compared with those of other …

Although the evolution of tooth structure seems highly conserved, remarkable diversity exists
among species due to different living environments and survival requirements. Along with …

The Longipterygidae are a unique clade among the enantiornithines in that they exhibit
elongate rostra (≥ 60% total skull length) with dentition restricted to the distal tip of the …