The Plio-Pleistocene hominin Paranthropus boisei had enormous, flat, thickly enameled
cheek teeth, a robust cranium and mandible, and inferred massive, powerful chewing …

Dietary information of fossil mammals can be revealed via the analysis of tooth morphology,
tooth wear, tooth geochemistry, and the microscopic wear patterns on tooth surfaces …

A quantitative analysis of occlusal microwear on the protoconal facets of maxillary
permanent second molars of southern African specimens of Australopithecus and …

Many researchers have suggested that Australopithecus anamensis and Australopithecus
afarensis were among the earliest hominins to have diets that included hard, brittle items …

Dental microwear analysis has proven to be a valuable tool for the reconstruction of aspects
of diet in early hominins. That said, sample sizes for some groups are small, decreasing our …

Dental microwear has long been used as evidence concerning the diets of extinct species.
Here, we present a comparative baseline series of dental microwear textures for a sample of …

Textbook descriptions usually portray the Fayum anthropoideans as frugivores, with
Parapithecus grangeri including a folivorous component in its diet and Apidium a …

Molar microwear fabrics in extant mammals vary with diet and, more particularly, the
physical properties of the items that are consumed. Praeanthropus afarensis is well …

Several recent studies have demonstrated the efficacy of dental microwear analysis (DMA)
for dietary reconstruction among nonhuman primates, early hominids, and prehistoric …

Dental microwear is of special interest for two reasons. First, it has been proposed that
specific dental microwear patterns are associated with specific diets and therefore that the …