The ability to accurately estimate bite force (BF) in extant and fossil primates is valuable to biological anthropologists. BF is generally evaluated using complex jaw musculature and lever arm analyses employing numerous assumptions and requiring complete cranial morphology. Here, a simple method to determine BF from data measured on histological sections of fossil teeth is proposed.

中文翻译：

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从组织学牙齿切片确定灵长类动物的咬合力。

准确估计现存和化石灵长类动物的咬力（BF）的能力对生物学人类学家来说是有价值的。BF通常使用复杂的下颌肌肉系统和杠杆臂分析进行评估，并采用多种假设并需要完整的颅骨形态。在此，提出了一种根据在化石牙齿的组织学切片上测得的数据确定BF的简单方法。