Mammalian molars play a central role during chewing, or food comminution, through cyclic
dental occlusion. Mammals fragment food items with varying degrees of efficiency …

The paranthropines, including Paranthropus boisei and Paranthropus robustus, have often
been considered hard-food specialists. The large post-canine teeth, thick enamel, and …

Objectives Archaeolemur is a recently extinct genus of lemur that is often compared to some
Cercopithecidae, especially baboons. This is due in part to their derived dentition, with large …

Broad-edged 'spatulate'upper and lower incisors are distinctive of catarrhines and
platyrrhines who use them in various ways to peel fruits, remove bark, and strip leaves from …

Extant colobine monkeys have been historically described as specialized folivores.
However, reports on both their behavior and dental metrics tend to ascribe a more varied …

The evolution of mammals is characterized, amongst other developments, by an increasing
relevance of effective food processing in form of an increasingly durable dentition, complex …

Teeth play a prominent role in food acquisition and processing by providing the working
surfaces to initiate and propagate fracture. Variation in the shape and size of teeth has …

When a tooth contacts a hard object with enough force, the enamel can fracture to create a
chip (Chai and Lawn, 2007; Fannin et al., 2020). The fractured area can vary depending on …

Analyses of dental function are an essential component of the study of human evolution.
However, with few exceptions, they have utilized the traditional analogizing method of …

Functional relationships between diet and tooth morphology form an integral part of
primatological and paleontological research. Previously, mostly two-dimensional …