Periodic Reporting for period 4 - VERTEBRATE HERBIVORY (Evolution of herbivory in vertebrates: developing combined isotope (Ca, Sr) and dental surface texture analysis as deep time diet proxies)

Food is a major factor driving the evolution of vertebrates. In the last 300 million years, herbivory (plant-eating) evolved multiple-times from meat- or insect-feeders, first among synapsids (mammal-ancestors), then dinosaurs and later hominids as well. However, our...