Postcanine

The relatively large postcanine root surface areas, which are most similar to A. melanoleuca, suggest that the dentition of G. blacki was adapted to sustaining relatively large occlusal forces needed to fracture mechanically resistant foods such as bamboo. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, G. blacki can be distinguished from the extant hominids by having relatively higher values for postcanine root length and surface area, both absolutely and relative to mandibular size (except for premolar root lengths of humans). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Also worth mentioning, a note in this issue by my boss and Nate Smith on a tritylodont postcanine from the Hanson Formation in Antarctica can be found on pages 269-273. ❋ ReBecca Foster (2008)

Boonstra (1962) also thought that the postcanine teeth of the maxilla may have intermeshed, but to a lesser extent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In re-sampling methods, numerous replications bones that result in an improved mechanical advantage for are made, using strategies that exclude either taxa or chewing on the postcanine tooth crowns. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, unlike Paranthropus (see more than postcanine tooth enlargement. above) the incisors and canines are large and the enamel lacks the extreme thickness seen in the latter taxon. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The hind limbs of AL-288 are substantially Paranthropus-like yet it lacks the postcanine megadontia shorter than those of a modern human of similar stature. that characterizes Paranthropus. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The mandible and H. ergaster (mean = c. 760 mL) does not reach the levels postcanine teeth are larger than one would predict for a seen in later Homo, and when scaled to body mass it shows generalized hominoid of the same estimated body mass, relatively little advance over the levels seen in the archaic suggesting that its dietary niche made similar mechanical and transitional hominins. demands to those of the archaic hominins. ❋ Unknown (2009)