INTRODUCTION The ruminants are one of the most successful mammalian lineages,
exhibiting extensive morphological and ecological diversity and containing several key …

Teeth are brittle and highly susceptible to cracking. We propose that observations of such
cracking can be used as a diagnostic tool for predicting bite force and inferring tooth function …

Paleontologists are quite recent newcomers among the users of X-ray synchrotron imaging
techniques at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). Studies of the external …

Teeth preserve a record of the way they grow in the form of incremental markings in enamel,
dentine and cementum. These make it possible to reconstruct cellular activity and the timing …

On average, males possess larger tooth crowns than females in contemporary human
populations, although the degree of dimorphism varies within different populations. In …

Isolated theropod teeth are common Mesozoic fossils and would be an important data
source for paleoecology biogeography if they could be reliably identified as having come …

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

Molar enamel thickness is a key feature in the study of hominid evolution. Our understanding
of enamel thickness and distribution patterns, however, has so far been based mostly on the …

One of the few uncontested viewpoints in studies of enamel thickness is that the molars of
the African apes, Pan and Gorilla, possess “thin” enamel, while Pongo and modern humans …

This study presents data on the enamel thickness of deciduous (dm2) and permanent (M1–
M3) molars for a geographically diverse sample of modern humans. Measurements were …