International audienceMammalian molars play a central role during chewing, or food comminution, through cyclic dental occlusion. Mammals fragment food items with varying degrees of efficiency depending on their dental morphology, suggesting an adaptive link that is yet to be assessed. Here, we test the effect of molar morphology at maximum intercuspation (centric occlusion), i.e., between phases I and II, on the comminution of five food items that correspond to different mechanical challenges encountered by catarrhines. Using a chewing simulator, we experimentally measured the number of food fragments produced after five successive intercuspations with two different forces, in order to assess their influence. The sample includes cercopithec...
Mammalian tooth enamel is often chipped, providing clear evidence for localized contacts with large ...
Altres ajuts: "Beatriu de Pinos" 2014 - BP-A 00048There is considerable debate regarding whether man...
abstract: Modern primate diet is well-studied because of its considerable influence on multiple aspe...
International audienceMammalian molars play a central role during chewing, or food comminution, thro...
The research in this master\u27s thesis examines the mechanics of primate and early hominid feeding ...
Using a model organism (rabbits) that resembles a number of mammalian herbivores in key aspects of i...
Pongo pygmaeus is a large great ape that lives in highly seasonal environments of Borneo, where the ...
An on-going debate concerning the dietary adaptations of archaic hominins and early Homo has been fu...
Didelphis virginiana (the Virginia opossum) is often used as an extant model for understanding feedi...
The evolution of mammals is characterized, amongst other developments, by an increasing relevance of...
More than half a century ago, Percy Butler touted the importance of analyzing teeth to understand th...
9 pagesInternational audienceIn mammals, tooth function, and its efficiency, depends both on the mec...
<div><p>In several primate groups enamel is reduced or absent from the lingual (tongue) side of the ...
Mammalian tooth enamel is often chipped, providing clear evidence for localized contacts with large ...
Altres ajuts: "Beatriu de Pinos" 2014 - BP-A 00048There is considerable debate regarding whether man...
abstract: Modern primate diet is well-studied because of its considerable influence on multiple aspe...
International audienceMammalian molars play a central role during chewing, or food comminution, thro...
The research in this master\u27s thesis examines the mechanics of primate and early hominid feeding ...
Using a model organism (rabbits) that resembles a number of mammalian herbivores in key aspects of i...
Pongo pygmaeus is a large great ape that lives in highly seasonal environments of Borneo, where the ...
An on-going debate concerning the dietary adaptations of archaic hominins and early Homo has been fu...
Didelphis virginiana (the Virginia opossum) is often used as an extant model for understanding feedi...
The evolution of mammals is characterized, amongst other developments, by an increasing relevance of...
More than half a century ago, Percy Butler touted the importance of analyzing teeth to understand th...
9 pagesInternational audienceIn mammals, tooth function, and its efficiency, depends both on the mec...
<div><p>In several primate groups enamel is reduced or absent from the lingual (tongue) side of the ...
Mammalian tooth enamel is often chipped, providing clear evidence for localized contacts with large ...
Altres ajuts: "Beatriu de Pinos" 2014 - BP-A 00048There is considerable debate regarding whether man...
abstract: Modern primate diet is well-studied because of its considerable influence on multiple aspe...