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Assessing modern sheep microwear to enrich middle school students’ lives

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Baltes, Amber Role :Text(marcrelator)
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Hoffman, Jonathan Role :Text(marcrelator)
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Laramie, Wyoming
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2009-05-12

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Hoofed mammal (ungulate) teeth began increasing in crown height in the mid-Miocene. Climate change may have been the driving force behind this ubiquitous morphological adaptation. Hypotheses for this adaptation include: 1) the introduction of high-latitude C3 grasslands in North America; and 2) a change to an arid environment where exogenous grit covered food sources and increased the abrasiveness of the diets. These hypotheses were investigated at the University of Wyoming’s Red Buttes Environmental Laboratory during the summer and fall of 2008. Modern sheep teeth were molded to analyze tooth microwear. Tooth microwear is a method of determining diet for extinct animals. The molds were compared to ancient ungulate teeth. A unit based on the methods and results of this research was created in the fall of 2008 and taught in the spring of 2009 to enrich middle school students’ lives in a week long unit about fossils and animal adaptations. note
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ungulate tooth microwear

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Undergrauate Research Day 2009

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