High spatial resolution Sr isotope and trace element record of dental enamel mineralization in a woolly mammoth tooth: Implications for paleoecological …

R Anczkiewicz, A Nava, L Bondioli, W Müller… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The isotopic composition and abundance of trace elements in skeletal remains are often
used for paleobiological and paleoecological reconstructions. Increasing attention is being …

Trace element analyses of carbonates using portable and micro-X-ray fluorescence: performance and optimization of measurement parameters and strategies

NJ De Winter, M Sinnesael, C Makarona… - Journal of analytical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Variations in elemental abundances in carbonate archives offer a wealth of information that
can be used as a proxy for the palaeoenvironment and diagenetic history. The state-of-the …

The distribution and biogenic origins of zinc in the mineralised tooth tissues of modern and fossil hominoids: implications for life history, diet and taphonomy

MC Dean, J Garrevoet, SJM Van Malderen, F Santos… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Teeth begin to grow in the jaws before birth and continue to appear in an
overlapping sequence until each is complete in length. Subsequently, the central pulp …

Palaeoecology of cave bears as evidenced by dental wear analysis: a review of methods and recent findings

S Peigné, G Merceron - Historical Biology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The study of dental wear was first used years ago to infer the palaeoecology of fossil
mammals and in particular their diet. Results depend predominantly on the scale of the …

Isotopic records of climate seasonality in equid teeth

SA Blumenthal, TE Cerling, TM Smiley… - … et cosmochimica acta, 2019 - Elsevier
We investigate how oxygen isotopes in equid teeth can be used as a record of seasonality.
First, we use in situ laser ablation and conventional microsampling techniques to …

Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca ratios support trophic partitioning within a Silurian conodont community from Gotland, Sweden

DF Terrill, E Jarochowska, CM Henderson, B Shirley… - Paleobiology, 2022 - cambridge.org
Conodonts were a highly diverse and abundant vertebrate group whose fossils are found in
marine Paleozoic and Triassic strata around the world. They inhabited environments …

From the crust to the cortical: the geochemistry of trace elements in human bone

JS Harkness, TH Darrah - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Trace element incorporation into human bone depends upon dietary, geological, and
environmental inputs as well as biological processes that biopurify essential elements, while …

Seasonal climate variations during Marine Isotope Stages 3 and 2 inferred from high‐resolution oxygen isotope ratios in horse tooth enamel from Lower Austria

L Reiss, C Mayr, K Pasda… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We present sequential oxygen isotope records (δ18Ophosphate vs. VSMOW) of horse tooth
enamel phosphate of six individuals from two adjacent Palaeolithic sites in Lower Austria …

New evidence on the earliest domesticated animals and possible small-scale husbandry in Atlantic NW Europe

P Crombé, K Aluwé, M Boudin, C Snoeck… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The distribution of the first domesticated animals and crops along the coastal area of Atlantic
NW Europe, which triggered the transition from a hunter-gatherer-fisher to a farmer-herder …

A year in the life of a giant ground sloth during the Last Glacial Maximum in Belize

JT Larmon, HG McDonald, S Ambrose… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Stable isotope analysis of the first fossilized Eremotherium laurillardi remains from Belize
offers valuable insights into the conditions within which this individual lived and its ability to …