Writing

Below, you’ll find my journal publications listed by year. For questions on any specific publication, feel free to email me and I will respond as soon as possible (ian.towle@cenieh.es)

Journal articles

2024

Towle, I., Loch, C., Martínez de Pinillos, M., Modesto-Mata, M., & Hlusko, L. J. (2024). Severe enamel defects in wild Japanese macaques. International Journal of Zoology. Article Link.  

Towle, I., Borths, M. R., & Loch, C. (2024). Tooth chipping patterns and dental caries suggest a soft fruit diet in early anthropoids. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 183(2), e24884. Article Link.

Towle, I., Loch, C. (2024). Variation in enamel prism size in primate molars. Archives of Oral Biology, 160, 105895. Article Link.

Modesto‐Mata, M., de la Fuente Valentín, L., Hlusko, L. J., Martínez de Pinillos, M., Towle, I., García‐Campos, C., ... & Bermúdez de Castro, J. M. (2024). Artificial neural networks reconstruct missing perikymata in worn teeth. The Anatomical Record. Article Link.


2023

Towle, I., Lohob, T., Salema, A., Veneziano, A., and Loch, C. (2023). Variation in enamel mechanical properties throughout the crown in catarrhine primates. Journal of Human Evolution, 182, 103413. Article Link

Towle, I., Davenport, C., Irish, J. D., & De Groote, I. (2023). High prevalence of dental caries and calculus in dentitions from a British medieval town. Archives of Oral Biology, 105777. Article Link

Towle, I., Salem, A. S., Veneziano, A., Loch, C. (2023). Variation in enamel and dentine mineral concentration and density in primate molars. Archives of Oral Biology, 105752. Article Link

Towle, I., Constantino, P. J., Borths, M. R., & Loch, C. (2023). Tooth chipping patterns in Archaeolemur provide insight into diet and behavior. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 180(2), 401-408. Article Link

2022

Towle, I., MacIntosh, A. J., Hirata, K., Kubo, M. O., & Loch, C. (2022). Atypical tooth wear found in fossil hominins also present in a Japanese macaque population. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 178, 171-181. Article Link.

Towle, I., Irish, J. D., Sabbi, K. H., & Loch, C. (2022). Dental caries in wild primates: Interproximal cavities on anterior teeth. American Journal of Primatology, 84(1), e23349. Article Link.

2021

Towle, I., Irish, J. L., Loch, C. (2021). Tooth chipping patterns in Paranthropus do not support regular hard food mastication. Journal of Human Evolution. Article Link

Landi, F., Alfieri, F., Towle, I., Profico, A., & Veneziano, A. (2021). Fluctuating Asymmetry and Stress in Macaca fuscata: Does Captivity Affect Morphology? Applied Sciences, 11(17), 7879. Article Link

Towle, I., Loch, C. (2021). Tooth chipping prevalence and patterns in extant primate. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Article Link

Towle, I., Irish, J. D., De Groote, I., Fernée, C., Loch, C. (2021). Dental caries in South African fossil hominins. South African Journal of Science. Article Link

2020

Towle, I., Loch, C. Irish, J. D., Veneziano, A., Ito, T. (2020). Chipping and wear patterns in extant primate and fossil hominin molars: 'Functional' cusps are associated with extensive wear but low levels of fracture. Journal of Human Evolution. Article Link 


Towle, I., & Irish, J. D. (2020). Recording and interpreting enamel hypoplasia in samples from archaeological and palaeoanthropological contexts. Journal of Archaeological Science, 114,105077. Article Link 


2019

Towle, I., Riga, A, Irish, JD, Dori, I, Menter, C, Moggi-Cecchi, J. (2019) Root caries on a Paranthropus robustus third molar from Drimolen. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 170, 319– 323. Article Link 

Towle, I., (2019). Tertiary dentine frequencies in extant great apes and fossil hominins. Open Quaternary, 5 (1). Article Link 

Towle, I., & Irish, J. D. (2019). A probable genetic origin for pitting enamel hypoplasia on the molars of Paranthropus robustus. Journal of Human Evolution, 129, 54-61. Article Link 

Towle, I., & Irish, J. D. (2019). Periapical lesions in hominids: Abscesses on the maxilla of a 2 million- year-old early Homo specimen. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 29(5), 881-886. Article Link 


2018

Towle, I., Irish, J. D., & De Groote, I. (2018). Amelogenesis imperfecta in the dentition of a wild chimpanzee. Journal of Medical Primatology, 47(2), 117-119. Article Link 

Towle, I., Irish, J. D., Elliott, M., & De Groote, I. (2018). Root grooves on two adjacent anterior teeth of Australopithecus africanus. International Journal of Paleopathology, 22, 163-167. Article Link 

2017

Towle, I., Irish, J. D., & De Groote, I. (2017). Behavioral inferences from the high levels of dental chipping in Homo naledi. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 164(1), 184-192. Article Link 

Towle, I., Dove, E.R., Irish, J.D., and De Groote, I. (2017). Severe plane-form enamel hypoplasia in a dentition from Roman Britain. The Journal of Dental Anthropology, 2017, 30(1). Article Link