In mammals, complex dental microwear textures (DMT) representing differently sized and
shaped enamel lesions overlaying each other have traditionally been associated with the …

Human-environment interactions and spatio-temporal organization of the activities are of
prime importance to decipher Paleolithic way of life. To address this topic, ungulates teeth …

Food processing wears down teeth, thus affecting tooth functionality and evolutionary
success. Other than intrinsic silica phytoliths, extrinsic mineral dust/grit adhering to plants …

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 …

This study uses tooth meso-and microwear together with bone collagen stable isotope ratios
(carbon (δ 13 C), nitrogen (δ 15 N), and sulphur (δ 34 S)) to investigate diet and human …

Dinosaurs were the dominant megaherbivores during the Cretaceous when angiosperms,
the flowering plants, emerged and diversified. How herbivorous dinosaurs responded to the …

Abstract The study of Neanderthal-Environment interactions very often lacks precise data
that match the chrono-geographical frame of human activities. Here, we reconstruct …

Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) is widely used for diet inferences in extant and
extinct vertebrates. Often, a reference tooth position is analysed in extant specimens, while …

Cervids, and especially the red deer Cervus elaphus, are among the most regularly and
abundantly recorded ungulates in Pleistocene/Paleolithic bone assemblages. Numerous …

Large bovids and cervids constituted major components of the European Middle Palaeolithic
faunas and hence a key resource for Neanderthal populations. In paleoenvironmental …