Tooth chipping can reveal the diet and bite forces of fossil hominins.

The article discusses a study which investigated the association between tooth chipping and the diet and bite forces of fossil hominins. The researchers applied a simple fracture equation to estimate peak bite forces directly from chip size as many fossil hominins had antemortem chips on their posterior teeth. Photographs of hominin, ape, monkey and peccary enamel chips were obtained from original specimens or casts of museum specimens.