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

Oreopithecus bambolii, the large-bodied endemic ape that lived in the Tusco-Sardinian
bioprovince during the Late Miocene (ca. 8.2-6.7 Ma; Turolian), has been for more than half …

Diet is widely recognized as the single most important parameter underlying" behavioral and
ecological differences among living animals. Bioarchaeologists and paleontologists …

Here we compare dental microwear textures from specimens of the fossil genus
Mesopithecus (Cercopithecidae, Colobinae) from the late Miocene of Eastern Europe with …

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

On the basis of industrial computed tomography, relative enamel thickness (RET) is
computed in three Middle Miocene (ca 11.9–11.8 Ma) hominoids from Abocador de Can …

We measured the molar size from a single population of wild baboons from Amboseli
(Kenya), both females (n= 57) and males (n= 50). All the females were of known age; the …

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 …

Buccal microwear patterns on teeth are good indicators of the abrasiveness of foodstuffs and
have been used to trace the dietary habits of fossil species, including primates and …

A recent study of occlusal microwear in Australopithecus afarensis described this species as
an opportunistic dweller, living in both forested and open environments and greatly relying …