Neandertal specimens with severe antemortem (before death) tooth loss (AMTL) are
sometimes interpreted as evidence for human-like behaviors in Neandertals, such as�…

ABSTRACT Middle and Late Pleistocene fossil hominin specimens with severe antemortem
tooth loss are often regarded as evidence for the precocious evolution of human‐like�…

Characteristic patterns of dental wear form through the use of the dentition for non-
masticatory manipulative behaviors. The use of “teeth-as-tools” or the dentition as a “third�…

Antemortem tooth loss (AMTL) and degree of dental attrition are thought to be closely related
to dental caries and periodontitis, not only in ancient human skeletal remains but also in�…

The frequency and pattern of ante-mortem tooth loss was studied in a 19th Century British
population and the findings compared with those available for present-day British and�…

Age of tooth emergence is a useful measure of the pace of life for primate species, both
living and extinct. A recent study combining wild chimpanzees of the Ta� Forest, Gombe, and�…

Life-history inference is an important aim of paleoprimatology, but life histories cannot be
discerned directly from the fossil record. Among extant primates, the timing of many life�…

Did Neandertals share with modern humans their prolonged periods of growth and delayed
ages of maturation? During the past five years, renewed interest in this question has�…

In two historic longitudinal growth studies, Moorrees et al.(Am J Phys Anthropol 21 (1963) 99‐
108; J Dent Res 42 (1963) 1490‐1502) presented the “mean attainment age” for stages of�…

Comparing modern humans and Neanderthals, we have previously shown that recent
modern humans (RMH) and Neanderthals differ in anterior root lengths, and that this�…