The retention or loss of permanent teeth is of central importance to an individual's oral health
status and to quality of life. The loss of some or all teeth from the permanent dentition is …

Dental caries is an infectious disease that causes tooth decay. The high prevalence of
dental caries in recent humans is attributed to more frequent consumption of plant foods rich …

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

Abstract The Capsian (9000–5400 cal BC) is an early Holocene Northwest African
prehistoric tradition. It is generally divided into two facies: the Typical Capsian (TC) and the …

Recent genetic studies based on the distribution of mtDNA of haplogroup U6 have led to
subtly different theories regarding the arrival of modern human populations in North Africa …

Abstract The late Quaternary African hominin fossil record provides a tantalizing glimpse into
considerable temporal and geographic morphological diversity within the genus Homo. A …

Objectives Early evidence for the treatment of dental pathology is found primarily among
food‐producing societies associated with high levels of oral pathology. However, some Late …

Abstract El Harhoura 2 and El Mnasra caves are located in the region of Témara, on the
Atlantic coast of Morocco, which was occupied by human populations since the beginning of …

Mediterranean Africa forms a crucial junction between the wider Saharan zone and the rest
of the Mediterranean. In contrast to its well-investigated history from the first millennium BC …

Grotte des Pigeons at Taforalt, north-east Morocco, is well known for a large assemblage of
Iberomaurusian (Epipalaeolithic) skeletons, possibly representing the earliest and most …