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) …

The mammalian cranium (skull without lower jaw) is representative of mammalian diversity
and is thus of particular interest to mammalian biologists across disciplines. One widely …

There is an ongoing discourse about whether or not external abrasives influence the
microscopic wear in herbivore teeth, including a statement that “dust does not matter”. We …

Based on comparative mandibular anatomy, observations of chewing behaviour, chewing
forces and dental microwear, it has been suggested that an additional effect of the ruminant …

Because teeth are the most easily preserved part of the vertebrate skeleton and are
particularly morphologically variable in mammals, studies of fossil mammals rely heavily on …

Savanna-like ecosystems were present at high latitudes in North America during much of the
Neogene. Present-day African savannas, like the Serengeti, have been proposed to be …

Mesowear is a dietary proxy that relates attritive wear and abrasive wear to the shape of
worn tooth cusps of ungulates. Traditional mesowear methods categorize cusps according …

Niche packing is one of the prevailing mechanisms underlying the increase in the number of
co-occurring species and the extraordinary diversity of tropical ecosystems. However, it is …

The ecological preferences of ruminant artiodactyls are commonly used to reconstruct the
paleoenvironment of Neogene fossil localities throughout Africa. However, comparatively …

In contrast to the modern Arctic, high-latitude ecosystems of the Late Pleistocene supported
a diverse range of large mammalian herbivores, including abundant bison (Bison priscus) …