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Explores the insights that fossil hominin teeth provide about human evolution, linking findings with current debates in palaeoanthropology.

Over millions of years in the fossil record, hominin teeth preserve a high-fidelity record of their own growth, development, wear, chemistry and pathology. They

Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of

What teeth can tell us about human evolution, development, and behavior. Our teeth have intriguing stories to tell. These sophisticated time machines record gro

This book critically reviews theory, assumptions, methods and literature to examine the unique role of teeth in preserving records of human growth.