Finite element analysis (FEA) is a potentially powerful tool by which the mechanical
behaviors of different skeletal and dental designs can be investigated, and, as such, has …

Inference of feeding adaptation in extinct species is challenging, and reconstructions of the
paleobiology of our ancestors have utilized an array of analytical approaches. Comparative …

Morphologists have traditionally been studying the functional significance of variations in
skeletal and tooth form among living and fossil vertebrates using a comparative-anatomical …

Recent biomechanical analyses examining the feeding adaptations of early hominins have
yielded results consistent with the hypothesis that hard foods exerted a selection pressure …

This contribution investigates the evolution of diet in the Pan–Homo and hominin clades. It
does this by focusing on 12 variables (nine dental and three mandibular) for which data are …

When a force is applied to an object, the resulting pattern of strain is a function of both the
object's geometry and its elastic properties. Thus, knowledge of elastic properties in …

A fundamental axiom that underlies evolutionary biomechanics maintains that natural
selection has adapted skeletal and dental morphologies to facilitate function in intelligible …

The reconstruction of diet is important for understanding the paleoecology and evolution of
early hominins. This paper reviews and colligates the fossil evidence for diets of early Homo …

Palaeontologists often use finite element analyses, in which forces propagate through
objects with specific material properties, to investigate feeding biomechanics. Teeth are …

The African Plio-Pleistocene hominins known as australopiths evolved a distinctive
craniofacial morphology that traditionally has been viewed as a dietary adaptation for …