Dental microwear analysis is a method used to infer diet and behavior in extinct animals, especially fossil specimens.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent peer-reviewed sources confirm dental microwear analysis is a well-established method for inferring diet/behavior in fossil and extant species, with only minor caveats about taxon-specific reliability.
Sources
- Dental microwear (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://resolve.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/2466DC3E3568183B5D41551D2010F99C/9780511542442c17_p389-425_CBO.pdf/dental-microwear-analysis-historical-perspectives-and-new-approaches.pdf (resolve.cambridge.org)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735535/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13358-024-00322-9 (link.springer.com)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018208005245 (sciencedirect.com)