[HTML][HTML] Nutrition and health in human evolution–past to present

KW Alt, A Al-Ahmad, JP Woelber - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Anyone who wants to understand the biological nature of humans and their special
characteristics must look far back into evolutionary history. Today's way of life is drastically …

[HTML][HTML] Variation in enamel and dentine mineral concentration and density in primate molars

I Towle, AS Salem, A Veneziano, C Loch - Archives of oral biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Variation in enamel and dentine mineral concentration and total effective density
can be reliably collected using Micro-CT scans. Both variables are suggested to reflect …

[HTML][HTML] High frequency of dental caries and calculus in dentitions from a British medieval town

I Towle, C Davenport, JD Irish, I De Groote - Archives of Oral Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Dental pathology and tooth wear data can offer valuable insights into the diet and
behaviour of past populations. This study aimed to investigate the presence of dietary …

Dental caries in living and extinct strepsirrhines with insights into diet

KR Selig, S López‐Torres, AM Burrows… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Dental caries is one of the most common diseases afflicting modern humans and occurs in
both living and extinct non‐human primates, as well as other mammalian species …

Dental findings in wild great apes from macerated skull analysis

A Albrecht, V Behringer, O Zierau… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Oral health is a crucial aspect of overall well‐being in both humans and nonhuman
primates. Understanding the oral pathologies and dental conditions in apes can provide …

Tooth chip** patterns and dental caries suggest a soft fruit diet in early anthropoids

I Towle, MR Borths, C Loch - American journal of biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objectives Fossils from the Fayum Depression, Egypt, are crucial for understanding
anthropoid evolution due to the abundance of taxa and the time interval they represent (late …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing tooth wear progression in non-human primates: a longitudinal study using intraoral scanning technology

I Towle, KL Krueger, R Hernando, LJ Hlusko - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Intraoral scanners are widely used in a clinical setting for orthodontic treatments and tooth
restorations, and are also useful for assessing dental wear and pathology progression. In …

Variation in Craniodental Pathologies Among Cercopithecoid Primates

CA Kirchhoff, SB Cooke, JC Gomez… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pathologies of the skull and teeth are well documented for many human populations, but
there are fewer studies of other primates. We contrast lesion prevalence and patterning …

Severe enamel defects in wild japanese macaques

I Towle, C Loch, M Martínez de Pinillos… - … Journal of Zoology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plane‐form enamel hypoplasia (PFEH) is a severe dental defect in which large areas of the
crown are devoid of enamel. This condition is rare in humans and even rarer in wild …

Assessing tooth wear progression in primates: A longitudinal study using intraoral scanning technology

I Towle, KL Krueger, R Hernando, LJ Hlusko - BioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Intraoral scanners are widely used in a clinical setting for orthodontic treatments and tooth
restorations, and are also useful for assessing dental wear and pathology progression. In …