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| Title: |
Toothsome Research: Deducing the Diet of a Prehistoric Hominid |
| Description: |
Finite element model of a cranium of the early hominid Australopithecus africanus based largely on the specimen Sts 5 (background). Color mapping indicates the magnitude of strains associated with biting on a hard object with the premolar teeth. A combination of engineering, experimental, comparative and imaging analysis suggest that premolar loading was an important component of early hominin feeding behavior.
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| Type: |
Graphic/scientific data |
| Source: |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
Credit Line as it should
appear in print: |
Strait, University of Albany, SUNY. Photograph of Sts 5 by Gerhard Weber |
| AV Number: |
09MSEL005 |
| Date Created: |
February 2009 |
| Date Entered: |
2/10/2009 |
