Dust and mammalian teeth
This paper will be part of a larger project. The topic for the larger project is dust (silicate grit) and the
way it wears teeth. For this paper, I am interested in whether where an animal finds its food
determines how much grit it eats. So I would like grit to be the focus of the paper. Where does grit
come from, what is it, how far and how high does it travel? Also, are foods (i.e. plants/plant parts) at
different heights covered in different amounts of grit?
The following paper should be included (as either source 10 or an additional source):
Ungar, Peter S., et al. “Dust accumulation in the canopy: a potential cause of dental microwear in
primates.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 97.2 (1995): 9399.