Tooth wear analysis techniques (mesowear and microwear) are employed to analyze
dietary traits in proboscideans, perissodactyls and artiodactyls from 33 Pleistocene localities …

Mesowear and microwear analyses use data from worn tooth surfaces as proxies for feeding
ecology. Mesowear is based on gross dental wear and forms over months to years. The …

Dental microwear analysis is commonly used to infer aspects of diet in extinct primates.
Conventional methods of microwear analysis have usually been limited to two-dimensional …

This study describes and tests a new method of calculating a shape metric known as the
relief index (RFI) on lower second molars of extant euarchontan mammals, including …

Dental microwear has long been used as evidence concerning the diets of extinct species.
Here, we present a comparative baseline series of dental microwear textures for a sample of …

Dental microwear and 3D surface texture analyses are useful in reconstructing herbivore
diets, with scratches usually interpreted as indicators of grass dominated diets and pits as …

Primates tend to be long-lived, and, except for humans, most primate females are able to
reproduce into old age. Although aging in most mammals is accompanied by dental …

Determining the diet of an extinct species is paramount in any attempt to reconstruct its
paleoecology. Because the distribution and mechanical properties of food items may impact …

Molar teeth of both Tertiary and Quaternary representatives of the family Antilocapridae were
examined using mesowear and light stereomicroscopy microwear. Taxa from the Central …

During the late Pleistocene and early Holocene, Bison was widely dispersed across North
America and occupied most regions not covered by ice sheets. A dietary study on Bison …