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Biomechanics in anthropology (2024)
Journal Article
Berthaume, M., & Elton, S. (2024). Biomechanics in anthropology. Evolutionary Anthropology, 33(2), Article e22019. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.22019

Biomechanics is the set of tools that explain organismal movement and mechanical behavior and links the organism to the physicality of the world. As such, biomechanics can relate behaviors and culture to the physicality of the organism. Scale is crit... Read More about Biomechanics in anthropology.

Effects of cropping, smoothing, triangle count, and mesh resolution on 6 dental topographic metrics (2019)
Journal Article
Berthaume, M. A., Winchester, J., & Kupczik, K. (2019). Effects of cropping, smoothing, triangle count, and mesh resolution on 6 dental topographic metrics. PLoS ONE, 14(5), Article e0216229. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216229

Dental topography is a widely used method for quantifying dental morphology and inferring dietary ecology in animals. Differences in methodology have brought into question the comparability of different studies. Using primate mandibular second molars... Read More about Effects of cropping, smoothing, triangle count, and mesh resolution on 6 dental topographic metrics.

Ambient occlusion and PCV (portion de ciel visible): A new dental topographic metric and proxy of morphological wear resistance (2019)
Journal Article
Berthaume, M. A., Winchester, J., & Kupczik, K. (2019). Ambient occlusion and PCV (portion de ciel visible): A new dental topographic metric and proxy of morphological wear resistance. PLoS ONE, 14(5), Article e0215436. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215436

Recently, ambient occlusion, quantified through portion de ciel visible (PCV) was introduced as a method for quantifying dental morphological wear resistance and reconstructing diet in mammals. Despite being used to reconstruct diet and investigate t... Read More about Ambient occlusion and PCV (portion de ciel visible): A new dental topographic metric and proxy of morphological wear resistance.

Dental topography and the diet of Homo naledi (2018)
Journal Article
Berthaume, M. A., Delezene, L. K., & Kupczik, K. (2018). Dental topography and the diet of Homo naledi. Journal of Human Evolution, 118, 14-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.02.006

Though late Middle Pleistocene in age, Homo naledi is characterized by a mosaic of Australopithecus-like (e.g., curved fingers, small brains) and Homo-like (e.g., elongated lower limbs) traits, which may suggest it occupied a unique ecological niche.... Read More about Dental topography and the diet of Homo naledi.