Dental caries in human evolution: frequency of carious lesions in South African fossil hominins
I. Towle, J. D. Irish, I. De Groote, C. Fernee
This study examines caries frequency in South African fossil hominins, finding 16 lesions across six individuals, with no caries on deciduous or A. africanus teeth, suggesting dietary differences in hominin species.
bioRxiv · Apr 2, 2019Paleontology