Teeth as tools

Anne Weil

doi:10.1038/422128a

Teeth as tools

Anne Weil

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Abstract

What determines the shapes of mammalian teeth? When tools are designed to cut to the meat of the question, form follows function rather than developmental or evolutionary constraints.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	128
Number of pages	1
Journal	Nature
Volume	422
Issue number	6928
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/422128a
State	Published - 13 Mar 2003

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