The power stroke of mastication has been traditionally divided into two parts, one which
precedes centric occlusion, and the other which follows it—“Phase I” and “Phase II,” …

Dental microwear was recorded in a Bronze‐Iron Age (3570–3000 BP) sample of modern
humans recovered from Tell es‐Sa'idiyeh in the Jordan Valley. Microwear patterns were …

Previous animal experimental work evaluating the effects of dietary consistency on
mastication was generally limited to studies of either mandibular structure or rates and types …

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 …

It was proposed that the power stroke in primates has two distinct periods of occlusal
contact, each with a characteristic motion of the mandibular molars relative to the maxillary …

Dental microwear has been used for decades to reconstruct the diets of fossil hominins and
bioarchaeological populations. The basic theory has been that hard‐brittle foods (eg, nuts …

Objectives The current study seeks to determine if a sample of foragers, farmers, and
pastoralists are distinguishable based on their dental microwear texture signatures …

Dental microwear analysts have demonstrated that hard diets leave numerous microscopic
pits on occlusal surfaces. The relationship between occlusal pitting and gross macrowear …

Microwear patterns from Natufian hunter‐gatherers (12,500–10,250 bp) and early Neolithic
(10,250–7,500 bp) farmers from northern Israel are correlated with location on facet nine …

Mammalian molar form is clearly adapted to fracture foods with specific material properties.
Studies of dental functional morphology can therefore offer important clues about the diets of …