Dental microwear formation on the posterior dentition is largely attributed to an organism's
diet. However, some have suggested that dietary and environmental abrasives contribute …

Dental microwear has been used for decades to reconstruct the diets of fossil hominins and
bioarchaeological populations. The basic theory has been that hard‐brittle foods (eg, nuts …

Dental microwear research rests at the boundary between biology and engineering. More
specifically, it combines basic principles of ecology with tribology,“the science and …

Given the potential usefulness of dental microwear analyses in interpretations of
archaeological and paleontological material, it is surprising how little we know about …

Objectives The food that people and animals consume leaves microscopic traces on teeth in
predictable ways, and analyses of these markings—known as dental microwear analyses …

Taphonomic processes have the potential to affect microscopic wear on teeth and to modify
the wear patterns so as to confound dietary reconstructions based on dental microwear …

Diet and behavioral strategies of modern humans are examined through several indirect
and direct lenses. One of the direct lenses is dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) …

Dental microwear analysis has been employed in studies of a wide range of modern and
fossil animals, yielding insights into the biology/ecology of those taxa. Some researchers …

Dental microwear analyses have become a standard part of paleobiological research (see
[1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6] for reviews). While informative, many microwear interpretations are …

Mammalian molar form is clearly adapted to fracture foods with specific material properties.
Studies of dental functional morphology can therefore offer important clues about the diets of …