Performance trade-offs define a fundamental dental dichotomy in mammals

Tribosphenic molar on the cover of Science

Led by FAVE Lab NSF/Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow Narimane Chatar, alongside Huelsenbeck Lab PhD student Levi Raskin, former IB visiting scholars Alex Ramos and Melvin Vankelst, and IB professor Jack Tseng, the team published a paper on mammalian dental evolution. The study explores the evolutionary adaptation and constraint of the mammalian tribosphenic tooth, which facilitates both crushing and slicing. Read the full story, featured as the cover article in Science.