Dentition of a modern baboon (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Dentition of a modern baboon

Caption

Dentition of a modern baboon (Papio ursinus). These savanna dwelling omnivores provide a prime analogous model for early hominin evolution. They evolved and radiated in parallel with hominins within a similar landscape and time frame. Tina Lüdecke and her colleagues use tooth enamel from dentitions like this to develop the new method.

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Tina Lüdecke

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