The effect of early hominin occlusal morphology on the fracturing of hard food items

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 594-606

  Berthaume, Michael ^a   Grosse, Ian R ^a   Patel, Nirdesh D ^a   Strait, David S ^b   Wood, Sarah ^a   Richmond, Brian G ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bite mechanics; Diet; Feeding; Finite element analysis; Fracture force; Hominid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOD; FRACTURE; HEMISPHERE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUT; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DENTAL OCCLUSION; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOD; FOSSILS; HARDNESS; HOMINIDAE; MACADAMIA; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REPLICA TECHNIQUES; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; HOMINIDAE; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 77950891754     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21130     Document Type: Article

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