Geometric morphometrics (GM) has increasingly become an important tool in assessing and
studying shape variation in a wide variety of taxa. While the GM toolkit has unparalleled …

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 …

The past two million years of eastern African climate variability is currently poorly
constrained, despite interest in understanding its assumed role in early human evolution …

Paranasal sinuses are highly variable among living and fossil hominins and their function (s)
are poorly understood. It has been argued they serve no particular function and are …

The mammalian cranium (skull without lower jaw) is representative of mammalian diversity
and is thus of particular interest to mammalian biologists across disciplines. One widely …

Paranthropus robustus is a small-brained extinct hominin from South Africa characterized by
derived, robust craniodental morphology. The most complete known skull of this species is …

Interdisciplinary research has benefitted the fields of anthropology and engineering for
decades: a classic example being the application of material science to the field of feeding …

Ontogenetic changes in the human masticatory complex suggest that bite force, a key
measure of chewing performance, increases throughout growth and development. Current …

Reconstructing diet is critical to understanding hominin adaptations. Isotopic and functional
morphological analyses of early hominins are compatible with consumption of hard foods …

Molluscs are a highly successful group of invertebrates characterised by a specialised
feeding organ called the radula. The diversity of this structure is associated with distinct …