Adaptation to hard-object feeding in sea otters and hominins

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-96

  Constantino, Paul J ^a   Lee, James J W ^b   Morris, Dylan ^b   Lucas, Peter W ^c   Hartstone Rose, Adam ^d   Lee, Wah Keat ^e   Dominy, Nathaniel J ^f   Cunningham, Andrew ^c   Wagner, Mark ^g   Lawn, Brian R ^a,b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^g The George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental evolution; Diet; Enamel mechanical properties; Fracture; Tooth morphology; Wear

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DENTITION; DIET; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; TOOTH;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; HOMO SAPIENS; PARANTHROPUS;

EID: 79956132847     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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