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Mark F. Teaford

Mark F. Teaford

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
13765
World Ranking
9734
National Ranking
260

Overview

Mark F. Teaford is affiliated with RMIT University in Australia and conducts research primarily in Psychology with a focus on Social Psychology. Their work also spans various interdisciplinary subfields including Paleontology, Developmental Biology, Global and Planetary Change, and Anthropology.

Teaford's research covers several main topics, most notably:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Marine animal studies overview

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "The dental microwear of hard-object feeding in laboratory Sapajus apella and its implications for dental microwear formation," 2020, American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • "Grit your teeth and chew your food: Implications of food material properties and abrasives for rates of dental microwear formation in laboratory Sapajus apella (Primates)," 2021, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Changing perspectives on early hominin diets," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The publications also include collaborative work relating to dental microwear and primate ecology published in the Journal of Human Evolution and Integrative and Comparative Biology.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Peter S. Ungar
  • Callum F. Ross
  • Christopher J. Vinyard
  • Andrea B. Taylor
  • Myra F. Laird

Teaford's work is disseminated across several specialized venues that reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research, including:

  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Anatomical Sciences Education

Best Publications

  • Nanoindentation mapping of the mechanical properties of human molar tooth enamel.

    J.L. Cuy;A.B. Mann;K.J. Livi;M.F. Teaford

  • Dental microwear texture analysis shows within-species diet variability in fossil hominins

    Robert S. Scott;Peter S. Ungar;Torbjorn S. Bergstrom;Christopher A. Brown

  • Development, Function and Evolution of Teeth

    Mark F. Teaford;Moya Meredith Smith;Mark W. J. Ferguson

  • Quantitative differences in dental microwear between primate species with different diets and a comment on the presumed diet of Sivapithecus

    Mark F. Teaford;Alan Walker

  • Diet and the evolution of the earliest human ancestors

    Mark F. Teaford;Peter S. Ungar

  • Dental microwear texture analysis: technical considerations.

    Robert S. Scott;Peter S. Ungar;Torbjorn S. Bergstrom;Christopher A. Brown

  • In vivo and in vitro turnover in dental microwear.

    Mark F. Teaford;Ordean J. Oyen

  • Interpreting the diet of extinct ruminants; the case of a non-browsing giraffid

    Nikos Solounias;Mark Teaford;Alan Walker

  • Dental Microwear and Diet of the Plio-Pleistocene Hominin Paranthropus boisei

    Peter S. Ungar;Frederick E. Grine;Frederick E. Grine;Mark F. Teaford

  • Macrovertebrate paleontology and the pliocene habitat of ardipithecus ramidus

    Tim D. White;Stanley H. Ambrose;Gen Suwa;Denise F. Su

  • A review of dental microwear and diet in modern mammals.

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  • Diet in early Homo : A review of the evidence and a new model of adaptive versatility

    Peter S. Ungar;Frederick E. Grine;Mark F. Teaford

  • Molar microwear and diet in the genus Cebus.

    Mark F. Teaford

  • Dental microwear texture and anthropoid diets

    Robert S. Scott;Mark F. Teaford;Peter S. Ungar

  • Error rates in dental microwear quantification using scanning electron microscopy.

    Frederick E. Grine;P. S. Ungar;M. F. Teaford

  • Dust accumulation in the canopy: a potential cause of dental microwear in primates.

    Peter S. Ungar;Mark F. Teaford;Kenneth E. Glander;Robert F. Pastor

  • Dental Microwear and Microstructure in Early Oligocene Primates From the Fayum, Egypt: Implications for Diet

    Mark F. Teaford;Mary C. Maas;Elwyn L. Simons

  • The effect of prism orientation on the indentation testing of human molar enamel

    A. Braly;L.A. Darnell;L.A. Darnell;A.B. Mann;M.F. Teaford

  • Dental microwear and dental function

    Mark F. Teaford

  • Partial skeleton of Proconsul nyanzae from Mfangano Island, Kenya.

    C. V. Ward;A. Walker;M. F. Teaford;I. Odhiambo

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter S. Ungar
Peter S. Ungar University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Frederick E. Grine
Frederick E. Grine Stony Brook University
Kenneth E. Glander
Kenneth E. Glander Duke University
Christopher B. Ruff
Christopher B. Ruff Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Peter W. Lucas
Peter W. Lucas George Washington University
William L. Jungers
William L. Jungers Stony Brook University
Júlio César Bicca-Marques
Júlio César Bicca-Marques Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Elwyn L. Simons
Elwyn L. Simons Duke University
Shoji Itakura
Shoji Itakura Kyoto University
Timothy P. Weihs
Timothy P. Weihs Johns Hopkins University

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