Dental mesowear
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Published mesowear data was reviewed from the year 2000 to November 2019 (211 publications, 707 species, 1,396 data points). Mesowear is a widely applied tooth wear technique that can be used to infer a herbivore's diet by scoring the... more
Equus is a very sensitive genus which has expanded over a large area and lived in Europe despite the climatic instability of the Pleistocene. Its persistence and abundance are helpful in understanding and describing environmental and... more
We propose for the first time the use of the combination of two high-resolution techniques, dental wear (meso-and microwear) and dental cementum analyses, to gain a better understanding of Neanderthal subsistence strategies and... more
We examine the relationship between mesowear variables and carbon and nitrogen isotopes in 16 species of African antelope (Mammalia: Bovidae). We show significant differences in carbon and nitrogen isotope values between individuals... more
Dental mesowear is applied as a proxy to determine the general diet of mammalian herbivores based on tooth-cusp shape and occlusal relief. Low, blunt cusps are considered typical for grazers and high, sharp cusps typical for browsers.... more
The use of mesowear to infer diets of extinct species is fast becoming widespread in palaeoecological studies. Nevertheless, traditional mesowear analyses suffer from a specimen number limitation, in that a minimum number of specimens... more
Seasonality in archaeological sites can be inferred using different methods such as tooth eruption and wear patterns , stable isotopes or cementochronology. In this paper we propose to use the analysis of tooth microwear and mesowear... more
The paleodietary traits of the equid population from Schöningen 13 II-4 were investigated through tooth mesowear and microwear analyses, as well as stable isotopic analyses. The mesowear pattern observed on the upper teeth indicates a low... more
The dietary morphological methods of mesowear and microwear were applied to ungulates of the Late Pliocene fauna of Sésklo (Thessaly, Greece). The results provide evidence for the predominance of open grassland in the area, as the most... more
Dietary reconstruction in vertebrates often relies on dental wear-based proxies. Although these proxies are widely applied, the contributions of physical and mechanical processes leading to meso-and microwear are still unclear. We tested... more
Dental mesowear analysis can classify the diets of extant herbivores into general categories such as grazers, mixed-feeders, and browsers by using the gross wear patterns found on individual teeth. This wear presumably results from both... more
We propose for the first time the use of the combination of two high-resolution techniques, dental wear (meso- and microwear) and dental cementum analyses, to gain a better understanding of Neanderthal subsistence strategies and... more
A herbivore's diet can affect its teeth by causing different types of wear. Browsers typically have sharper, higher cusps, while grazers show lower, blunter cusps, presumably due to the more abrasive nature of their diet. On the... more