Mechanisms and causes of wear in tooth enamel: implications for hominin diets

Dental microwear texture and anthropoid diets

(2012) Robert S. Scott et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Quantitative three-dimensional microtextural analyses of tooth wear as a tool for dietary discrimination in fishes

(2012) M. Purnell et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Fracture in teeth-a diagnostic for inferring bite force and tooth function

(2011) James J.-W. Lee et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

On the relationship between hypsodonty and feeding ecology in ungulate mammals, and its utility in palaeoecology

(2011) John Damuth et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

An astronomically-tuned climate framework for hominins in the Turkana Basin

(2011) Josephine C.A. Joordens et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Using occlusal wear information and finite element analysis to investigate stress distributions in human molars

(2011) Stefano Benazzi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Microwear, mechanics and the feeding adaptations of Australopithecus africanus

(2011) David S. Strait et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Evolutionary optimization of material properties of a tropical seed

(2011) P. W. Lucas et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Abrasive, Silica Phytoliths and the Evolution of Thick Molar Enamel in Primates, with Implications for the Diet of Paranthropus boisei

(2011) Diana Rabenold et al.   PLoS One

Diet of Paranthropus boisei in the early Pleistocene of East Africa

(2011) T. E. Cerling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Diets of Early Hominins

(2011) P. S. Ungar et al.   SCIENCE

Tooth chipping can reveal the diet and bite forces of fossil hominins

(2010) P. J. Constantino et al.   Biology Letters

Nano-scale sliding contact deformation behaviour of enamel under wet and dry conditions

(2010) Griselda Guidoni et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN MEDICINE

Molar microwear textures and the diets of Australopithecus anamensis and Australopithecus afarensis

(2010) P. S. Ungar et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Another one bites the dust: faecal silica levels in large herbivores correlate with high-crowned teeth

(2010) J. Hummel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impacts of silica-based defences in grasses on the feeding preferences of sheep

(2009) Fergus P. Massey et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

The feeding biomechanics and dietary ecology of Australopithecus africanus

(2009) D. S. Strait et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Remarkable resilience of teeth

(2009) H. Chai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Novel Mechanism by which Silica Defends Grasses Against Herbivory

(2008) J. W. Hunt et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Mechanical Properties of Plant Underground Storage Organs and Implications for Dietary Models of Early Hominins

(2008) Nathaniel J. Dominy et al.   Evolutionary Biology

The protective nature of pellicle towards toothpaste abrasion on enamel and dentine

(2008) Andrew Joiner et al.   JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY

Predicting failure in mammalian enamel

(2008) Brian R. Lawn et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Wear behaviour of dental enamel at the nanoscale with a sharp and blunt indenter tip

(2008) G.M. Guidoni et al.   WEAR