Can dental microwear textures record inter-individual dietary variations?

BACKGROUND: Dental microwear analyses are commonly used to deduce the diet of extinct mammals. Conventional methods rely on the user identifying features within a 2D image. However, recent interdisciplinary research has lead to the development of an advanced methodology that is free of observer erro...

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Main Authors: Gildas Merceron, Gilles Escarguel, Jean-Marc Angibault, Hélène Verheyden-Tixier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2832010?pdf=render