Tooth wear, Neanderthal facial morphology and the anterior dental loading hypothesis.

• Main Authors: Clement, AF, Hillson, SW, Aiello, LC
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Age Factors; Animals; Anthropology; Physical; Diet; Face; Fossils; Humans; Neanderthals; Paleodontology; Tooth; Tooth Wear; Canada; Igloolik; inuit
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1340699/1/1340699.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1340699/

The Anterior Dental Loading Hypothesis states that the unique Neanderthal facial and dental anatomy was an adaptive response to the regular application of heavy forces resulting from both the masticatory and cultural use of the anterior teeth. Heavy anterior tooth wear frequently observed in Neander...