why study diet?
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Why study Diet?. Utility for model building?. Food provides energy necessary to sustain life and allow for reproduction. Main activity of most animals’ lives. Major component of natural selection: “obtain food and keep from becoming food”. Why study teeth?. Utility for model building?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Why study Diet?Why study Diet?Utility for model building?
Food provides energy necessary to sustain life and allow for reproduction
Food provides energy necessary to sustain life and allow for reproduction
Main activity of most animals’ livesMain activity of most animals’ lives
Major component of natural selection: “obtain food and keep from becoming food”
Major component of natural selection: “obtain food and keep from becoming food”
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Why study teeth?Why study teeth?Utility for model building?
Indicate foods consumed Indicate foods consumed
Indicate size & behavior Indicate size & behaviorWell preserved in the fossil recordWell preserved in the fossil record
Growth & development patternsGrowth & development patternsSexual dimorphism characteristicsSexual dimorphism characteristicsNon-dietary indicatorsNon-dietary indicators
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Tooth
Typ
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Tooth
Typ
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Human Dentition
Tooth TypesTooth Types
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Roles of the teethRoles of the teethDifferential use in heterodont dentition
Incisors & canines -- ingestion, get the food into the mouth seizing, stripping, squashing, puncturing
Incisors & canines -- ingestion, get the food into the mouth seizing, stripping, squashing, puncturing
Premolars & molars -- preparation of food for digestion food is chopped up to increase surface area molars are a series of cutting blades and crushing
basin
Premolars & molars -- preparation of food for digestion food is chopped up to increase surface area molars are a series of cutting blades and crushing
basin
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Extant vs ExtinctExtant vs ExtinctData collection from the living primates
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Diagnostic featuresDiagnostic features
Incisors & canines Incisors & canines
Features of the skull used to determine dietary category
Molars & premolarsMolars & premolars
Cusps & crestsCusps & crestsEnamel thicknessEnamel thicknessMassiter & temporalis musclesMassiter & temporalis musclesBody sizeBody size
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Anterior Dentition
• Get food in the mouth• Grooming• Scraping~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• Get food in the mouth• Grooming• Scraping~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Incisors & CaninesIncisors & Canines
• Large incisors indicate frugivore
• Small incisors = carnivore or insectivore
• Large incisors indicate frugivore
• Small incisors = carnivore or insectivore
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Incisors
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Premolars & MolarsPremolars & MolarsPosterior Dentition
•Folivores = low or high•Folivores = low or high
•Insectivores = tall, pointed
•Insectivores = tall, pointed
•Carnivores = tall, pointed•Carnivores = tall, pointed
•Frugivores = low, rounded
•Frugivores = low, rounded
•Omnivore = low, rounded•Omnivore = low, rounded
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Premolars& MolarsPremolars& Molars
Premolars & MolarsPremolars & Molars
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Premolars & MolarsPremolars & Molars
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Cusps & CrestsCusps & CrestsMolar & premolar morphology
cusp
crest
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Enamel thicknessEnamel thicknessThickness of the hard mineral surface covering the teeth
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Dental AttritionDental AttritionEnamel wear
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Muscles of masticationMuscles of mastication
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Body sizeBody sizeDiet dictates primate body size
• Body-size tends to correlate w/ dietary regime
• Body-size tends to correlate w/ dietary regime
• Folivore = largest• Folivore = largest
• Insectivore = smallest• Insectivore = smallest
• Frugivore = medium to large
• Frugivore = medium to large
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Dietary strategiesDietary strategies
Folivore - plants Folivore - plants
Categories of Diet for the Primates
Frugivore - fruit Frugivore - fruit Carnivore - meat Carnivore - meat Insectivore - insects Insectivore - insects Omnivore - mixed Omnivore - mixed
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FolivoresFolivoresConsumes plant products; stems, leaves, shoots, roots
Low rounded cusps and crests Comparably sized incisors & canines Thin enamel Strong massiter muscles Larger body size Special adaptations -- multi-chamber stomach Requires supplementation -- dirt, feces, etc.
Low rounded cusps and crests Comparably sized incisors & canines Thin enamel Strong massiter muscles Larger body size Special adaptations -- multi-chamber stomach Requires supplementation -- dirt, feces, etc.
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FolivoresFolivores
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FolivoresFolivoresConsumes plant products; stems, leaves, shoots, roots
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FrugivoresFrugivoresConsumes fruit, seeds, nuts
High percentage of fruit; rich carbs, low protein Large incisors Thin enamel Diet needs supplementation, leaves, soil, etc. Larger body size Canine size usually results from dimorphism
High percentage of fruit; rich carbs, low protein Large incisors Thin enamel Diet needs supplementation, leaves, soil, etc. Larger body size Canine size usually results from dimorphism
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FrugivoresFrugivoresConsumes fruit, seeds, nuts
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FrugivoresFrugivoresConsumes fruit, seeds, nuts
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CarnivoresCarnivoresConsumes animal protein, requires little supplementation
Very high in protein Consumes little else to aide in digestion Plants/grasses Long canines; small incisors Sharp cusps & crests Thin enamel Large temporalis, small massiter
Very high in protein Consumes little else to aide in digestion Plants/grasses Long canines; small incisors Sharp cusps & crests Thin enamel Large temporalis, small massiter
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CarnivoresCarnivoresConsumes animal protein, requires little supplementation
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InsectivoresInsectivoresConsumes insects
Small sized primates High protein, but in small
packets Large canines Sharp cusps & crests Diet needs supplementation
Small sized primates High protein, but in small
packets Large canines Sharp cusps & crests Diet needs supplementation
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InsectivoresInsectivoresConsumes insects
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OmnivoresOmnivoresConsumes a variety of food resources
All teeth of similar size Moderate enamel thickness Low cusps, dull crests Comparably-sized temporalis & massiter Dental reduction Facial reduction
All teeth of similar size Moderate enamel thickness Low cusps, dull crests Comparably-sized temporalis & massiter Dental reduction Facial reduction
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OmnivoresOmnivoresConsumes a variety of food resources
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QuizQuizName the Dietary category for each skull