Microwear of Mammalian Teeth as an Indicator of Diet
- 8 September 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 201 (4359), 908-910
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.684415
Abstract
Microwear details on teeth of two sympatric species of hyrax are correlated with major dietary differences observed in the wild. Grazing (Procavia john-stoni) and browsing (Heterohyrax brucei) species can be distinguished. The results show that diets of extinct species may be deduced from tooth microwear.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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