April 30, 2008

Microwear analysis on Paranthropus boisei teeth implies form may not equal function

A brand new study in the open access journal PLoS One reports on the results of an analysis of the microwear on the teeth of Paranthropus boisei (also known as Australopithecus boisei). The results contest what we’ve all along assumed was going on with the form and the function of these robust australopithecine teeth. I [...]

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