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Editor's note: This story has been updated on August 30, 2017, to correct the minimum number of individuals represented by the sample of Homo naledi teeth.

Chips appear on 56, or about 44 percent, of H. naledi teeth from Dinaledi Chamber, Towle's team says.

Towle's group studied 126 of 156 permanent H. naledi teeth found in Dinaledi Chamber.

Not exact matches

CHIPPED OFF Tooth damage sustained by Homo naledi, an ancient South African humanlike species, resulted from a diet heavy on hard or gritty objects, researchers say.

H. naledi displays a much higher rate of chipped teeth than other members of the human evolutionary family that once occupied the same region of South Africa, say biological anthropologist Ian Towle and colleagues.

He directs ongoing microscopic studies of H. naledi's teeth that may provide clues to what this novel species ate.

In further tooth comparisons with living primates, baboons — consumers of underground plants and hard - shelled fruits — showed the greatest similarity to H. naledi, with fractures on 25 percent of their teeth.

Two South African hominids from between roughly 1 million and 3 million years ago, Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus, show lower rates of tooth chipping than H. naledi, at about 21 percent and 13 percent, respectively, the investigators find.

Chips mar 50 percent of H. naledi's right teeth, versus 38 percent of its left teeth.

Human teeth found at sites in Italy, Morocco and the United States show rates and patterns of tooth fractures similar to H. naledi, he adds.

The sheer number of H. naledi bones and teeth found is remarkable, as often fossils are just tiny fragments of the skeleton.