Diet is a major driver of hominin evolution, but most of the geochemical evidence relies on
carbon isotopes (δ13C). Here, we report enamel stable calcium isotope (δ44/42Ca) values …

The thick-enameled, bunodont dentition shared by most early hominins has traditionally
been interpreted as reflecting durophagy, especially in the robust genus Paranthropus …

Vertebrate teeth are highly mineralized dermal tissues composed, principally, of bioapatite
making them highly resistant to physical and chemical alteration over geologic time scales …

This study aims at improving dietary discrimination among primates through a new analytic
approach of dental microwear texture analysis integrating a surface sampling on facets of …

Abstract The Serra do Mar Atlantic forest (Brazil) shelters about 15 different species of
caviomorph rodents and thus represents a unique opportunity to explore resource …

Dental microwear has been widely used to reconstruct mammals' past diet and to
understand their dental evolution. In archaeology, it can help reconstruct anthropogenic …

The genus Macaca belongs to Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), Cercopithecinae,
Papionini. The presence of Macaca in North Africa is well known from the Late Miocene to …

Stable carbon isotope studies suggest that early hominins may have diversified their diet as
early as 3.76 Ma. Early Pliocene hominins, including Australopithecus anamensis, had diets …

Abstract The Shungura Formation (Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia) constitutes one of the most
complete stratigraphic and paleontological records for the Plio-Pleistocene of eastern Africa …

Material properties of the diet of extant species is reflected by the microwear texture
recorded on the enamel tooth surface, a signal that can be useful for estimating the diets of …