
Adapting clinical tooth wear assessment methods for biological anthropology contexts. Our new study published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology
Our new study on dental wear in Australian Aboriginal individuals has just been published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology.Tooth wear is often viewed as a pathological condition, but in many past and present populations it reflects normal adaptation to diet and behavior. In this study, we applied clinical wear-assessment tools to track natural (physiological) tissue loss in first molars of seven individuals from the Yuendumu Aboriginal community, who lived through a dietary transition from traditional hunter-gatherer foods to