Dental wear has been widely investigated in paleobiology and paleoanthropology to infer
diet, habitat and climatic conditions. For decades, the approaches mostly revolved around …

Use-wear analysis is a method in archeology and paleoanthropology that identifies the
functions of tools and teeth by closely examining the characteristics of their surface damage …

In mammals, tooth function, and its efficiency, depends both on the mechanical properties of
the food and on chewing dynamics. These aspects have rarely been studied in combination …

Recent research has established that microscopic tooth wear patterns, dental microwear, is
correlated with diet in several modern mammal species. There is known to be a relationship …

Given the potential usefulness of dental microwear analyses in interpretations of
archaeological and paleontological material, it is surprising how little we know about …

Diet is widely recognized as the single most important parameter underlying" behavioral and
ecological differences among living animals. Bioarchaeologists and paleontologists …

Teeth are the most common ele-ments in the mammalian fossil record. Thus it is not
surprising that they have yielded many insights into the lives of extinct creatures. When …

Dental microwear analyses have become a standard part of paleobiological research (see
[1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6] for reviews). While informative, many microwear interpretations are …

This review of human tooth wear describes the fundamental mechanisms underlying this
process. Using the tribological approach they can be systematised and this in turn aids our …

Non-occlusal, buccal tooth microwear variability has been studied in 68 fossil humans from
Europe and the Near East. The microwear patterns observed suggest that a major shift in …