Wild Orangutan Teeth Provide Insight Into Human Breast-Feeding Evolution

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - 15:12 in Biology & Nature

Biomarkers in the teeth of wild orangutans indicate nursing patterns related to food fluctuations in their habitats, which can help guide understanding of breast-feeding evolution in humans, according to a study published today in Science Advances.

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