The considerable variation in shape, size, structure and properties of the enamel cap
covering mammalian teeth is a topic of great evolutionary interest. No existing theories …

This study examines cross-sections of molar crowns in a diverse modern human sample to
quantify variation in enamel thickness and enamel–dentine junction (EDJ) shape …

Many ideas have been proposed to explain the origin of bipedalism in hominins and
suspension in great apes (hominids); however, fossil evidence has been lacking. It has been …

The divergent molar characteristics of Pan troglodytes and Pongo pygmaeus provide an
instructive paradigm for examining the adaptive form-function relationship between molar …

The thickness of dental enamel is often discussed in paleoanthropological literature,
particularly with regard to differences in growth, health, and diet between Neandertals and …

Recent humans and their fossil relatives are classified as having thick molar enamel, one of
very few dental traits that distinguish hominins from living African apes. However, little is …

Abstract In 1871, Darwin famously opined,“In each great region of the world the living
mammals are closely related to the extinct species of the same region. It is therefore …

Comparative morphology, dealing with the diversity of form and shape, and functional
morphology, the study of the relationship between the structure and the function of an …

Researchers have suggested that fallback foods (FBFs) shape primate food processing
adaptations, whereas preferred foods drive harvesting adaptations, and that the dietary …

Thick molar enamel is among the few diagnostic characters of hominins which are
measurable in fossil specimens. Despite a long history of study and characterization of …