Inferences regarding the diet of extinct hominins: Structural and functional trends in dental and mandibular morphology within the hominin clade

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 486-500

  Lucas, Peter W ^a   Constantino, Paul J ^a   Wood, Bernard A ^a  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dentition; Enamel; Function; Mechanics

Indexed keywords

CANINE TOOTH; CHIMPANZEE; CLADISTICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTIN; DENTITION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENAMEL; EVOLUTION; EXTANT SPECIES; EXTINCT SPECIES; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOSSIL HOMININ; FRUIT; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCISOR; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH SIZE; ANIMAL; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

PAN;

ANIMALS; DENTITION; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MANDIBLE;

EID: 45849127656     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00877.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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