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Evolution's bite : a story of teeth, diet, and human origins

by Peter S. Ungar

This study explores human evolution by analysing fossil teeth to reconstruct ancestral diets and understand the impact of environmental change. It examines how dental wear reveals the transition of early humans from foragers to farmers.

Accession 14192 ISBN 9780691160535 Publisher Princeton University Press
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