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Tooth chipping prevalence and patterns in extant primates.

Ian TowleCarolina Loch
Published in: American journal of physical anthropology (2021)
The results suggest hard food mastication influences differences in chipping prevalence among the species studied. Although Homo fossil samples show high rates of chipping comparable to hard-object-feeding extant primates, they display a different pattern of chipping, supporting the hypothesis that these fractures are mostly non-food related (e.g., grit mastication in Homo naledi; non-masticatory tooth use in Neanderthals).
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