This work studies multiscale analyses and characterizations of surface topographies from
the engineering and scientific literature with an emphasis on production engineering …

Both dust and silica phytoliths have been shown to contribute to reducing tooth volume
during chewing. However, the way and the extent to which they individually contribute to …

The climatic instability of the Early Pleistocene induced regional paleoenvironmental
changes, which impacted faunal composition and dynamics. It coincides with the Homo …

To differentiate the effects of internal and external abrasives on tooth wear, we performed a
controlled feeding experiment in rabbits fed diets of varying phytolith content as an internal …

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 has been used in paleoecology for nearly half a century. The advent of
technologies in the past decade has allowed for enamel surfaces to be scanned in 3D, and …

The inter-relationships between hominins and their habitat are some of the key questions in
human evolution, and the determination of paleohabitats accurately is the foundation for …

It is axiomatic that knowledge of the diets of extinct hominin species is central to any
understanding of their ecology and our evolution. The importance of diet in the …

Reconstructions of habitat at sites like Kanapoi are key to understanding the environmental
circumstances in which hominins evolved during the early Pliocene. While Australopithecus …

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 …