To test if struggling bison or bouncing kangaroos put too much strain on Smilodon or Thylacosmilus’s teeth, Pollock and colleagues made 3D-printed steel replicas of teeth from 25 saber-toothed ...
Saber-toothed predators—best known from the ... Using 3D-printed steel tooth replicas in a series of biting experiments and advanced computer simulations, they analyzed the shape and performance ...