Dissertation Research: Dietary Reconstruction in Small- Bodied Fossil Primates

论文研究：小型灵长类化石的饮食重建

• 批准号: 9001652
• 负责人: David Krause
• 金额: $ 0.8万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Stony Brook
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-03-01 至 1992-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9001652&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Dietary; Reconstruction; Small

The ability of anthropologists to determine aspects of an animal's diet from morphological characteristics of its dentition has greatly increased in recent years, especially through the use of new techniques such as SEM (scanning electron microscope) examination of minute wear characteristics of the teeth. The Principal Investigators will utilize this technique to determine food categories of a diverse group mammals, including primates, and use this information to make inferences about the diet of an important group of Early Cenozoic primates, the Omomyidae. This study will be the first to assess quantitatively hypotheses about dietary reconstruction of early fossil primates. The potential application of this study for understanding dietary aspects of other fossil taxa is great.

近年来，人类学家根据动物牙列的形态特征来确定动物饮食各方面的能力大大增强，特别是通过使用 SEM（扫描电子显微镜）等新技术检查牙齿的微小磨损特征。 首席研究员将利用这项技术来确定包括灵长类动物在内的不同哺乳动物群体的食物类别，并利用这些信息来推断早期新生代灵长类动物的一个重要群体——Omomyidae的饮食。 这项研究将是第一个定量评估有关早期化石灵长类动物饮食重建的假设的研究。 这项研究对于了解其他化石类群的饮食方面的潜在应用是巨大的。