Paul Tafforeau
Biographic Data
| ID | 81018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Tafforeau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Tafforeau |
| SIGNATURE | TAFFOREAU P |
| AFFILIATIONS | European Synchrotron Radiation Facility |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5962-1683 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 335 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
New hominin dental remains from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
International audience
How teeth record and attenuate seasonal signals
Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi
Recent excavations in the Rising Star Cave System of South Africa have revealed burials of the extinct hominin species Homo naledi. A combination of geological and anatomical evidence shows that hominins dug holes that disrupted the subsurface stratigraphy and interred the remains of H. naledi individuals, resulting in at least two discrete features within the Dinaledi Chamber and the Hill Antechamber. These are the most ancient interments yet re…
A broader perspective on estimating dental age for the Xujiayao juvenile, a late Middle Pleistocene archaic hominin from East Asia
Wild crocodiles hunted to make mummies in Roman Egypt: Evidence from synchrotron imaging
An ancient Egyptian crocodile mummy (MHNL 90001591, Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France) dating to the Roman period and discovered at Kom Ombo (Upper Egypt) was analysed through synchrotron multiscale microtomography. Using this advanced technology, the virtual autopsy of the animal was carried out without affecting the bones, flesh, balms and linen bandages. The technique allows for the precise analysis of the specimen's bones and tissue, enabli…
Enamel thickness and dental development in Rudapithecus hungaricus
Comparative analysis of dentognathic pathologies in the D manisi mandibles
OBJECTIVES: Due to the scarcity of the fossil record, in vivo changes in the dentognathic system of early Homo are typically documented at the level of individual fossil specimens, and it remains difficult to draw population-level inferences about dietary habits, diet-related activities and lifestyle from individual patterns of dentognathic alterations. The Plio-Pleistocene hominin sample from Dmanisi (Georgia), dated to 1.77 million years ago, o…
Comparative biomechanics of Australopithecus sediba mandibles
The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution
Three-dimensional analysis of mandibular dental root morphology in hominoids
Variation in enamel thickness within the genus Homo
Tracking cellular-level enamel growth and structure in 4D with synchrotron imaging
Contextes et âge des nouveaux restes dentaires humains du Pléistocène moyen de la carrière Thomas I à Casablanca (Maroc)
Contexts and age of the new dental human fossils from Middle Pleistocene deposits at Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco) – The Thomas Quarry I locality became famous in 1969 with the discovery of a human half-mandible in a cave. From 1988 onwards, modern controlled excavations took place within the framework of the Franco-Moroccan co-operative project “ Casablanca.” The stratigraphy of Thomas I Quarry is complex and represents several major epi…
Hominid Cave at Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco): Recent findings and their context
Brief communication: Contributions of enamel‐dentine junction shape and enamel deposition to primate molar crown complexity
Molar crown morphology varies among primates from relatively simple in some taxa to more complex in others, with such variability having both functional and taxonomic significance. In addition to the primary cusps, crown surface complexity derives from the presence of crests, cuspules, and crenulations. Developmentally, this complexity results from the deposition of an enamel cap over a basement membrane (the morphology of which is preserved as t…
Dietary reconstruction of the Amphipithecidae (Primates, Anthropoidea) from the Paleogene of South Asia and paleoecological implications
Nondestructive imaging of hominoid dental microstructure using phase contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography
New visions of dental tissue research: Tooth development, chemistry, and structure
Teeth are one of the best preserved and most commonly recovered elements in primate fossil assemblages. Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic hypotheses often rely on dental characters, despite considerable evidence of homoplasy in tooth form and large variation in tooth size within and among primates. 1,2 Recent studies have led to new areas of research centered on incremental tooth development, chemical composition, and internal structure. Du…
Three-dimensional primate molar enamel thickness
Earliest evidence of modern human life history in North African early Homo sapiens
Recent developmental studies demonstrate that early fossil hominins possessed shorter growth periods than living humans, implying disparate life histories. Analyses of incremental features in teeth provide an accurate means of assessing the age at death of developing dentitions, facilitating direct comparisons with fossil and modern humans. It is currently unknown when and where the prolonged modern human developmental condition originated. Here,…
Technical note: Compatibility of microtomographic imaging systems for dental measurements
Modern micro‐computed tomography techniques allow the accurate visualization of internal dental structures, and are becoming widely used within (paleo‐) anthropological dental studies. There exist several types and name brands of microtomographic systems, however, which have been demonstrated to produce images that vary in resolution and signal‐to‐noise ratio. As a growing body of dental research using disparate microtomographic techniques is lik…
Khoratpithecus piriyai , a Late Miocene hominoid of Thailand
A Khoratpithecus piriyai lower jaw corresponds to a well‐preserved Late Miocene hominoid fossil from northeastern Thailand. Its morphology and internal structure, using a microcomputed tomography scan, are described and compared to those of other known Miocene hominoids. It originated from fluviatile sand and gravel deposits of a large river, and was associated with many fossil tree trunks, wood fragments, and large vertebrate remains. A biochron…
New strepsirrhine primate from the late Eocene of Peninsular Thailand (Krabi Basin)
In this paper, we describe the newly discovered lower jaw of a primate from the late Eocene Krabi coal mine (Bang Mark pit) of Peninsular Thailand. We performed microtomographic examinations at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, Grenoble, France) to analyze different morphological aspects of the jaw and teeth. Although partially preserved, this fossil mandible reveals a set of distinctive dental traits (e.g., double-rooted P(2) an…
Discovery of a highly-specialized plesiadapiform primate in the early-middle Eocene of northwestern Africa
Variation in enamel thickness within the genus Homo
Three-dimensional primate molar enamel thickness
Hominid Cave at Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco): Recent findings and their context
Brief communication: Contributions of enamel‐dentine junction shape and enamel deposition to primate molar crown complexity
Molar crown morphology varies among primates from relatively simple in some taxa to more complex in others, with such variability having both functional and taxonomic significance. In addition to the primary cusps, crown surface complexity derives from the presence of crests, cuspules, and crenulations. Developmentally, this complexity results from the deposition of an enamel cap over a basement membrane (the morphology of which is preserved as t…
Nondestructive imaging of hominoid dental microstructure using phase contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography
New visions of dental tissue research: Tooth development, chemistry, and structure
Teeth are one of the best preserved and most commonly recovered elements in primate fossil assemblages. Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic hypotheses often rely on dental characters, despite considerable evidence of homoplasy in tooth form and large variation in tooth size within and among primates. 1,2 Recent studies have led to new areas of research centered on incremental tooth development, chemical composition, and internal structure. Du…
Technical note: Compatibility of microtomographic imaging systems for dental measurements
Modern micro‐computed tomography techniques allow the accurate visualization of internal dental structures, and are becoming widely used within (paleo‐) anthropological dental studies. There exist several types and name brands of microtomographic systems, however, which have been demonstrated to produce images that vary in resolution and signal‐to‐noise ratio. As a growing body of dental research using disparate microtomographic techniques is lik…
Khoratpithecus piriyai , a Late Miocene hominoid of Thailand
A Khoratpithecus piriyai lower jaw corresponds to a well‐preserved Late Miocene hominoid fossil from northeastern Thailand. Its morphology and internal structure, using a microcomputed tomography scan, are described and compared to those of other known Miocene hominoids. It originated from fluviatile sand and gravel deposits of a large river, and was associated with many fossil tree trunks, wood fragments, and large vertebrate remains. A biochron…
Three-dimensional analysis of mandibular dental root morphology in hominoids
Dietary reconstruction of the Amphipithecidae (Primates, Anthropoidea) from the Paleogene of South Asia and paleoecological implications
How teeth record and attenuate seasonal signals
Wild crocodiles hunted to make mummies in Roman Egypt: Evidence from synchrotron imaging
An ancient Egyptian crocodile mummy (MHNL 90001591, Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France) dating to the Roman period and discovered at Kom Ombo (Upper Egypt) was analysed through synchrotron multiscale microtomography. Using this advanced technology, the virtual autopsy of the animal was carried out without affecting the bones, flesh, balms and linen bandages. The technique allows for the precise analysis of the specimen's bones and tissue, enabli…
Comparative analysis of dentognathic pathologies in the D manisi mandibles
OBJECTIVES: Due to the scarcity of the fossil record, in vivo changes in the dentognathic system of early Homo are typically documented at the level of individual fossil specimens, and it remains difficult to draw population-level inferences about dietary habits, diet-related activities and lifestyle from individual patterns of dentognathic alterations. The Plio-Pleistocene hominin sample from Dmanisi (Georgia), dated to 1.77 million years ago, o…
Enamel thickness and dental development in Rudapithecus hungaricus
Discovery of a highly-specialized plesiadapiform primate in the early-middle Eocene of northwestern Africa
Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi
Recent excavations in the Rising Star Cave System of South Africa have revealed burials of the extinct hominin species Homo naledi. A combination of geological and anatomical evidence shows that hominins dug holes that disrupted the subsurface stratigraphy and interred the remains of H. naledi individuals, resulting in at least two discrete features within the Dinaledi Chamber and the Hill Antechamber. These are the most ancient interments yet re…
Comparative biomechanics of Australopithecus sediba mandibles
Tracking cellular-level enamel growth and structure in 4D with synchrotron imaging
New strepsirrhine primate from the late Eocene of Peninsular Thailand (Krabi Basin)
In this paper, we describe the newly discovered lower jaw of a primate from the late Eocene Krabi coal mine (Bang Mark pit) of Peninsular Thailand. We performed microtomographic examinations at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, Grenoble, France) to analyze different morphological aspects of the jaw and teeth. Although partially preserved, this fossil mandible reveals a set of distinctive dental traits (e.g., double-rooted P(2) an…
Contextes et âge des nouveaux restes dentaires humains du Pléistocène moyen de la carrière Thomas I à Casablanca (Maroc)
Contexts and age of the new dental human fossils from Middle Pleistocene deposits at Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco) – The Thomas Quarry I locality became famous in 1969 with the discovery of a human half-mandible in a cave. From 1988 onwards, modern controlled excavations took place within the framework of the Franco-Moroccan co-operative project “ Casablanca.” The stratigraphy of Thomas I Quarry is complex and represents several major epi…
Discovery of a highly-specialized plesiadapiform primate in the early-middle Eocene of northwestern Africa
Khoratpithecus piriyai , a Late Miocene hominoid of Thailand
A Khoratpithecus piriyai lower jaw corresponds to a well‐preserved Late Miocene hominoid fossil from northeastern Thailand. Its morphology and internal structure, using a microcomputed tomography scan, are described and compared to those of other known Miocene hominoids. It originated from fluviatile sand and gravel deposits of a large river, and was associated with many fossil tree trunks, wood fragments, and large vertebrate remains. A biochron…
New strepsirrhine primate from the late Eocene of Peninsular Thailand (Krabi Basin)
In this paper, we describe the newly discovered lower jaw of a primate from the late Eocene Krabi coal mine (Bang Mark pit) of Peninsular Thailand. We performed microtomographic examinations at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, Grenoble, France) to analyze different morphological aspects of the jaw and teeth. Although partially preserved, this fossil mandible reveals a set of distinctive dental traits (e.g., double-rooted P(2) an…
Earliest evidence of modern human life history in North African early Homo sapiens
Recent developmental studies demonstrate that early fossil hominins possessed shorter growth periods than living humans, implying disparate life histories. Analyses of incremental features in teeth provide an accurate means of assessing the age at death of developing dentitions, facilitating direct comparisons with fossil and modern humans. It is currently unknown when and where the prolonged modern human developmental condition originated. Here,…
Technical note: Compatibility of microtomographic imaging systems for dental measurements
Modern micro‐computed tomography techniques allow the accurate visualization of internal dental structures, and are becoming widely used within (paleo‐) anthropological dental studies. There exist several types and name brands of microtomographic systems, however, which have been demonstrated to produce images that vary in resolution and signal‐to‐noise ratio. As a growing body of dental research using disparate microtomographic techniques is lik…
Nondestructive imaging of hominoid dental microstructure using phase contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography
New visions of dental tissue research: Tooth development, chemistry, and structure
Teeth are one of the best preserved and most commonly recovered elements in primate fossil assemblages. Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic hypotheses often rely on dental characters, despite considerable evidence of homoplasy in tooth form and large variation in tooth size within and among primates. 1,2 Recent studies have led to new areas of research centered on incremental tooth development, chemical composition, and internal structure. Du…
Three-dimensional primate molar enamel thickness
Hominid Cave at Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco): Recent findings and their context
Brief communication: Contributions of enamel‐dentine junction shape and enamel deposition to primate molar crown complexity
Molar crown morphology varies among primates from relatively simple in some taxa to more complex in others, with such variability having both functional and taxonomic significance. In addition to the primary cusps, crown surface complexity derives from the presence of crests, cuspules, and crenulations. Developmentally, this complexity results from the deposition of an enamel cap over a basement membrane (the morphology of which is preserved as t…
Dietary reconstruction of the Amphipithecidae (Primates, Anthropoidea) from the Paleogene of South Asia and paleoecological implications
Contextes et âge des nouveaux restes dentaires humains du Pléistocène moyen de la carrière Thomas I à Casablanca (Maroc)
Contexts and age of the new dental human fossils from Middle Pleistocene deposits at Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco) – The Thomas Quarry I locality became famous in 1969 with the discovery of a human half-mandible in a cave. From 1988 onwards, modern controlled excavations took place within the framework of the Franco-Moroccan co-operative project “ Casablanca.” The stratigraphy of Thomas I Quarry is complex and represents several major epi…
Three-dimensional analysis of mandibular dental root morphology in hominoids
Variation in enamel thickness within the genus Homo
Tracking cellular-level enamel growth and structure in 4D with synchrotron imaging
The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution
Comparative analysis of dentognathic pathologies in the D manisi mandibles
OBJECTIVES: Due to the scarcity of the fossil record, in vivo changes in the dentognathic system of early Homo are typically documented at the level of individual fossil specimens, and it remains difficult to draw population-level inferences about dietary habits, diet-related activities and lifestyle from individual patterns of dentognathic alterations. The Plio-Pleistocene hominin sample from Dmanisi (Georgia), dated to 1.77 million years ago, o…
Comparative biomechanics of Australopithecus sediba mandibles
Wild crocodiles hunted to make mummies in Roman Egypt: Evidence from synchrotron imaging
An ancient Egyptian crocodile mummy (MHNL 90001591, Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France) dating to the Roman period and discovered at Kom Ombo (Upper Egypt) was analysed through synchrotron multiscale microtomography. Using this advanced technology, the virtual autopsy of the animal was carried out without affecting the bones, flesh, balms and linen bandages. The technique allows for the precise analysis of the specimen's bones and tissue, enabli…
Enamel thickness and dental development in Rudapithecus hungaricus
A broader perspective on estimating dental age for the Xujiayao juvenile, a late Middle Pleistocene archaic hominin from East Asia
Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi
Recent excavations in the Rising Star Cave System of South Africa have revealed burials of the extinct hominin species Homo naledi. A combination of geological and anatomical evidence shows that hominins dug holes that disrupted the subsurface stratigraphy and interred the remains of H. naledi individuals, resulting in at least two discrete features within the Dinaledi Chamber and the Hill Antechamber. These are the most ancient interments yet re…
New hominin dental remains from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
International audience
How teeth record and attenuate seasonal signals
Biology (20 works) · Paleontology (15 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 works) · Evolutionary biology (13 works) · Paleontology (13 works) · Zoology (11 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (10 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (9 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (8 works)